⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their ten- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 29-15 off them
- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 40
- A 12-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 33 in the third quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5 in the second 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5
Q2 5:37 · WSH 49-54 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 9:31 · WSH 34-48 BOS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 33
Q3 0:00 · WSH 86-119 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 31-point lead to 39
Q4 8:33 · WSH 91-130 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 10 | Threes made | 20 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 21 | Assists | 35 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 29 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 14 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
