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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Wizards | 35 | 36 | 16 | 42 | 129 |
 Celtics | 31 | 33 | 36 | 33 | 133 |
WASTeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAS | 45-9547.4% | 20-4742.6% | 19-2190.5% | 39 | 32 | 12 |
| BOS | 48-9252.2% | 11-3432.4% | 26-2892.9% | 49 | 25 | 13 |
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Boston Celtics133| 38 | 35 | 12-22 | 3-10 | 8-9 | +9 | +12.0 | ||||||||
| 35 | 18 | 9-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | −15 | −2.3 | |||||||
| 34 | 20 | 9-13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | −11 | +5.8 | |||||||
| 33 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | −5.4 | |||||||
| 33 | 34 | 9-18 | 2-4 | 0 | 14-14 | 0 | +8 | +5.4 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 6 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +7 | +0.5 | ||||||
| 17 | 11 | 4-7 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +2.8 | |||
| 16 | 5 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +14 | −3.2 | |||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −2.8 | |||
| Team | 133 | 48-9252.2% | 11-3432.4% | 49 | 25 | 13 | 17 | 26-2892.9% | 9 | 9 | 5 | |||
Bench 22 points on 7 for 18 shooting
Did not play: JD Davison, Svi Mykhailiuk, Drew Peterson, Oshae Brissett and Jordan Walsh (coach’s decision).
Washington Wizards129| 42 | 24 | 7-10 | 3-5 | 7-8 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +6.1 | ||||||
| 37 | 17 | 7-13 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +3.7 | ||||||
| 37 | 19 | 7-19 | 3-10 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −6.1 | ||||||
| 37 | 17 | 6-14 | 3-8 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −0.4 | |||||
| 33 | 21, Career high (his best before, 20) | 6-18 | 4-12, Ties his career high | 5-5 | 0 | +6 | +1.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 24 | 9-14 | 3-6 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −14 | +13.8 | |||||
| 14 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −3.9 | ||||
| 13 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −2.0 | ||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.3 | ||
| Team | 129 | 45-9547.4% | 20-4742.6% | 39 | 32 | 12 | 25 | 19-2190.5% | 5 | 8 | 1 | |||
Bench 31 points on 12 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Anthony Gill, Johnny Davis and Jules Bernard (coach’s decision).
Celtics133Wizards129ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Jayson Tatum had 35 points and 10 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics went on a 20-6 run in the third quarter to beat the Washington Wizards 133-129.
The Wizards went on a 15-2 run to lead 72-64 with 11:31 left in the third quarter. Kristaps Porziņģis’ 3-pointer put the Celtics ahead for good with 5:16 left in the quarter. He scored 9 points during the run, and they led 84-78 with 4:45 left in the quarter and by as many as 15 in the fourth quarter.
During clutch time, the Celtics outscored the Wizards 4-2.
Porziņģis had 34 points and 11 rebounds, and Jrue Holiday added 20 points (10 in the fourth quarter) on 9 for 13 shooting. The Celtics had 2 30-point scorers.
For the Wizards, Corey Kispert had 24 points and 3 steals off the bench, and Deni Avdija added 24 points (12 in the fourth quarter) and 11 rebounds on 7 for 10 shooting. Bilal Coulibaly had a career-high 21 points and 8 rebounds but shot 6 for 18. Avdija scored 12 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter. The Wizards had 3 20-point scorers.
The Wizards made 20 3-pointers, 4 of them by Coulibaly. They got 5 offensive rebounds, about 4 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. They outscored the Celtics 36-18 on the fast break. The Celtics outscored the Wizards 16-4 in 3 minutes with Horford, Porziņģis, Tatum, Pritchard and Hauser on the floor together.
Boston CelticsWashington WizardsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
104 points from the field on 91 shots: 4.5 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-29 | 72.4% | 66% |
| In the paint | 10-21 | 47.6% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 6-8 | 75.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 1-3 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-31 | 32.3% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilal Coulibaly | 29 | 7 | 3-4 | −4 |
| Deni Avdija | 19 | 3 | 1-5 | −4 |
| Eugene Omoruyi | 8 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Kyle Kuzma | 7 | 7 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 24 | 16 | 5-9 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 36 points on 87 possessions. He usually scores about 33 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Kuzma | 37 | 10 | 3-5 | −2 |
| Deni Avdija | 9 | 9 | 2-5 | +6 |
| Bilal Coulibaly | 7 | 6 | 2-4 | +4 |
| Jordan Poole | 6 | 4 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 5 | 2-5 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 34 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Poole | 23 | 6 | 3-4 | +2 |
| Tyus Jones | 14 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Deni Avdija | 13 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Corey Kispert | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
BOS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
WAS
50/50
BOS
Highest Leverage Moments
Porzingis 27' 3PT Jump Shot (30 PTS) (Tatum 4 AST)
Q3 2:53
14.1%
62→76
Avdija 28' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Jones 2 AST)
Q2 0:04
11.1%
43→32
Kispert 28' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Avdija 4 AST)
Q4 8:37
11.0%
96→85
Jones 24' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Poole 2 AST)
Q1 5:10
10.7%
58→47
Hauser 27' 3PT Running Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Tatum 3 AST)
Q3 4:45
10.4%
62→73
