⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their eight- A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16 in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q4 2:11 · WSH 98-111 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Brian Keefe technical foul
Q3 10:48 · WSH 54-70 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16
Q1 1:51 · WSH 23-39 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 3:09 · WSH 69-88 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 13 | Threes made | 18 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 22 | Assists | 26 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
