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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Wizards | 18 | 21 | 29 | 22 | 90 |
 Celtics | 34 | 26 | 40 | 24 | 124 |
WASTeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAS | 35-8640.7% | 12-4526.7% | 8-1080.0% | 32 | 21 | 10 |
| BOS | 48-9849.0% | 24-5246.2% | 4-666.7% | 62 | 33 | 13 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Boston Celtics124| 30 | 13 | 5-13 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +22 | +1.6 | ||||||
| 28 | 11 | 4-12 | 3-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +23 | −0.3 | |||||
| 26 | 13 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +21 | +9.1 | |||||
| 26 | 19 | 7-12 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +14 | +2.9 | ||||||
| 22 | 15 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +3.5 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 20 | 8-18 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 0 | +27 | +5.5 | |||||||
| 22 | 18 | 7-12 | 4-7 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +25 | +6.3 | |||||
| 21 | 6 | 2-6 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | +17 | −5.2 | |||||||
| 16 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +11 | +4.5 | |||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.5 | |||
| 7 | 6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | +3.9 | |||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.3 | |||
| Team | 124 | 48-9849.0% | 24-5246.2% | 62 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 4-666.7% | 25 | 6 | 5 | |||
Bench 53 points on 21 for 43 shooting
Did not play: Kristaps Porziņģis and Jayson Tatum (injury/illness).
Washington Wizards90| 41 | 14 | 6-16 | 1-8 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −32 | −4.4 | |||||
| 37 | 15 | 6-11 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | −13 | +3.7 | |||||||
| 34 | 12 | 5-12 | 2-8 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −24 | −4.1 | |||
| 32 | 16 | 7-17 | 2-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −27 | −5.5 | ||||||
| 26 | 15 | 6-14 | 2-9 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −28 | −0.7 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 9 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 0 | 2-2 | −16 | +0.5 | |||||||
| 22 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −4.5 | |||
| 22 | 6 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −24 | −1.8 | ||||
| Team | 90 | 35-8640.7% | 12-4526.7% | 32 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 8-1080.0% | 11 | 5 | 3 | |||
Bench 18 points on 5 for 16 shooting
Did not play: Malcolm Brogdon, Richaun Holmes and Kyshawn George (injury/illness); Marcus Smart (coach’s decision).
Celtics124Wizards90ClickTap 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.
The defending champion Boston Celtics routed the Washington Wizards 124-90.
The Celtics led by as many as 36 and never trailed, pulling away with a 33-12 run in the third quarter.
Payton Pritchard had 20 points (12 in the fourth quarter) and 7 assists off the bench, and Luke Kornet added 13 points (12 in the paint) and 14 rebounds on 6 for 9 shooting. Pritchard scored 12 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter. The Celtics had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Wizards, Alex Sarr scored 16 points, and Bub Carrington went 1 for 8 from 3.
The Celtics shot 49.0% from the field and 46.2% from 3 to the Wizards’ 40.7% and 26.7%. The Celtics made 24 3-pointers, 5 of them by Derrick White and 4 by Sam Hauser. The Wizards gave up 25 offensive rebounds, about 12 more than usual for the shots the Celtics missed. The Celtics outscored the Wizards 53-18 off the bench. The Wizards were outscored 16-0 in 4 minutes with Poole, Gill, Jones, Sarr and Carrington 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).
120 points from the field on 97 shots: 11.5 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-29 | 62.1% | 66% |
| In the paint | 3-12 | 25.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 3-5 | 60.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-11 | 45.5% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 19-41 | 46.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bub Carrington | 14 | 3 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Colby Jones | 12 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| AJ Johnson | 8 | 0 | 0-3 | −2 |
| Anthony Gill | 4 | 8 | 3-5 | +7 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 7 | 3-5 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 51 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Johnson | 22 | 6 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Bub Carrington | 6 | 5 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Jordan Poole | 5 | 5 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Justin Champagnie | 4 | 3 | 1-5 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 45 possessions. He usually scores about 12 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colby Jones | 9 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| AJ Johnson | 7 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Bub Carrington | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Anthony Gill | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 11 | 4-8 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 37 possessions. He usually scores about 8 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
White 26' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Kornet 1 AST)
Q2 9:22
10.0%
85→95
Holiday 3' Driving Floating Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Pritchard 1 AST)
Q1 5:19
9.0%
68→77
Carrington 1' Running Dunk (2 PTS) (Poole 2 AST)
Q1 4:41
9.0%
77→68
Horford 25' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Brown 4 AST)
Q1 4:26
9.0%
68→77
Gill Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
Q2 11:49
8.1%
93→85
