In this game, the Boston Celtics trailed by 17 points at home, but eventually reversed the Washington Wizards 123-111, ushering in a good start to the series.
Score in the fourth quarter (Celtics trailing): 38-24, 26-35, 16-36, 31-28.
Wizards: Porter had 16 points and 11 rebounds, Gortat had 16 points and 13 rebounds, Beal had 27 points, and Wall had 20 points and 16 assists.
Celtics: Claude had 24 points and 6 rebounds, Horford had 21 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists, Bradley had 18 points, and Thomas, who had a front tooth knocked out, contributed 33 points and 9 assists.
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On May 2, 2017, the Celtics faced the Wizards at home, and the second game of the series began.
After the game started, the Wizards used Wall and Beal to take turns attacking Thomas in isolation, causing two consecutive fouls. Thomas responded strongly with two three-pointers. The Wizards' overall offense was smooth and led 16-8 into the timeout.
The Celtics made adjustments, replacing Thomas who committed two fouls and adding more offensive points. However, Wall continued to wreak havoc on the Green Army's back line, either playing Smart alone or breaking the ball, and the Wizards soon led by more than 10 points.
Wall converted and hit again, and also blocked Smart's layup. Crowder responded with a violent dunk, but the Greens still trailed by double digits.
After the first quarter, the Wizards led the Celtics 42-29.
In the second quarter, the Wizards began to make mistakes. Thomas continued to push for counterattacks and assisted Horford for an alley-oop dunk. The Greens went on an 11-4 spurt and reached 40-46 before entering a timeout.
After Wall came back, he immediately broke through and scored a 2+1, stabilizing the Wizards' lead. The two sides entered a confrontation mode. Smart dribbled through behind the back and switched hands in the air for a layup, which detonated the audience. Bradley made a three-pointer from the bottom corner.
Zhang Shou made a shot, and the Green Army caught up to 2 points.
Thomas intercepted Bill's pass, and Horford's three-pointer helped the Greens take the lead. Then, Oubre's three-pointer helped the Greens regain the lead.
At halftime, the Wizards only led the Celtics by 3 points 67-64.
After changing sides and fighting again, the Wizards launched an 11-3 scoring surge, once again widening the point difference to double digits.
Thomas injured Porter during the offense, and Porter had a bloody nose and was forced to return to the locker room for treatment.
Wall took advantage of the screen to score another mid-range shot, then assisted Jason Smith for a dunk, and Jaylen Brown scored from an air cut. The two teams once again entered the attack mode, and the Wizards always maintained a lead of about 10 points.
Olynyk hit a three-pointer, Crowder made two free throws, and the Greens made a 7-0 run to catch up to 5 points.
After three quarters, the Wizards continued to lead the Celtics 89-84.
In the final quarter of the game, after Horford grabbed a rebound, he assisted Thomas to hit a three-pointer. The Celtics fell behind by 2 points 93-95.
After Bill made two free throws, Thomas Jr. responded strongly with a three-pointer from the bottom corner. Bill continued to hit the mid-range shot. Thomas Jr. grabbed the ball in the middle and faced the defense to tie the game with a 2+1.
Then Bradley's three-pointer from the corner helped the Greens achieve the lead. Gortat continuously helped Morris and Beal cover mid-range shots, and the Wizards regained the lead 6-0.
At the critical moment, Thomas Jr. used a three-pointer and an assist to help the Green Army tie again.
At the decisive moment, Porter regained the lead with a three-pointer, and Thomas Jr. made two free throws to equalize again. Wall and Bill missed their final shots, and the two sides tied 114-114 and entered overtime.
In overtime, Gortat committed 6 fouls and left the game, Oubre hit a three-pointer from the corner, Thomas scored 4 points in a row, Bradley dunked on a fast break, and the Greens regained the lead 6-0.
Thomas hit the inside and scored again, and Oubre made a tip-in. To the Wizards' despair, Thomas used a screen jumper to score 2+1. After Horford hit another basket, the Celtics sealed the victory.
In the end, the Celtics defeated the Wizards 129-119 in overtime, leading the series 2-0.
Wizards: Wall had 40 points and 13 assists, Beal had 14 points and 5 rebounds, Porter had 13 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, and Morris had 16 points and 6 rebounds.
For the Green Army: Thomas Jr. had 53 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Bradley had 14 points and 4 rebounds, Crowder had 14 points and 7 rebounds, and Horford had 15 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.
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On May 4, the Washington Wizards defeated the Boston Celtics 116-89 at home, bringing the total score to 1-2.
In this game, the Celtics changed their lineup and used Gerald Green to replace Amir Johnson in the starting lineup. However, the effect of this change was not good.
Score in the fourth quarter (Wizards are behind): 17-39, 23-24, 29-32, 20-21.
A conflict broke out during the game and a total of three people from both teams were ejected.
Celtics: Crowder had 14 points and 7 rebounds, Horford had 16 points, Thomas had 13 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.
Wizards: Wall had 24 points and 8 assists, Gortat had 13 points and 16 rebounds, Porter had 19 points, Morris had 10 points and 5 rebounds, and Beal had 11 points and 3 assists.
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On May 7, the Celtics challenged the Wizards away from home.
The Celtics returned to the starting lineup: Amir Johnson, Jae Crowder, Al Horford, Isaiah Thomas, Avery Bradley.
Wizards starting lineup: Markieff Morris, Otto Porter, Marcin Gortat, John Wall, Bradley Beal.
In this game, the Celtics led by 12 points at most in the second quarter, but the Wizards launched a 26-0 attack wave in the third quarter to establish the victory in one fell swoop, and finally defeated the Celtics 121-102. In this way, the total score of the two teams was
2-2 level.
The specific scores in the fourth quarter were 24-20, 24-28, 20-42 and 34-31 (Green Army in front).
For the Green Army, the young assassin scored 5 three-pointers, 19 points, 5 assists and 2 steals, Rozier had 16 points and 7 rebounds, Olynyk had 14 points and 2 blocks, and Horford had 11 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
For the Wizards, Bill scored 3 three-pointers, 29 points and 4 rebounds, Wall had 27 points, 12 assists, 5 steals and 3 rebounds, Porter had 18 points, 8 rebounds and 4 steals, Morris had 16 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals.
Danovich had 13 points and 3 rebounds.
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On May 10, the Green Army faced the Wizards at home, and the battle at Tianwang Mountain began.
In this game, the Wizards took turns to hit the iron, and the offensive rhythm was completely suppressed by the Green Army. Thomas turned into an organizer and fully activated the Green Army's overall offense. In the second quarter, the Wizards led the Wizards by more than 20 points, and the Wizards never closed the gap again.
It was reduced to less than 12 points, and was beaten by a wave of blows in the final quarter.
In the end, the Green Army defeated the Wizards at home 123-101, winning Tianwangshan and rewriting the score to 3-2.
Full score (Wizards in front): 21-33, 30-34, 25-26, 25-30.
For the Wizards: Bill had 16 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, Wall had 21 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Porter had 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, and Morris had 9 points and 5 rebounds.
For the Green Army: Thomas Jr. had 18 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists, Bradley had 29 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Horford had 19 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, and Crowder had 18 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.
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On May 12, the Washington Wizards defeated the Boston Celtics 92-91 at home and tied the total score at 3-3.
Score in the fourth quarter (Wizards behind): 17-22, 25-19, 27-25, 22-26.
Wizards: Morris had 16 points and 11 rebounds, Gortat had 4 points and 13 rebounds, Beal had 33 points and 5 assists, and Wall had 26 points and 8 assists.
Celtics: Thomas Jr. had 27 points and 7 assists, Bradley had 27 points and 3 assists, Horford had 20 points and 6 rebounds, and Claude had 10 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds.
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On May 15th, the Celtics faced off against the Washington Wizards at home.
The score was tight in the first half, and the Wizards led the Celtics into the second half. In the fourth quarter of the game, Olynyk suddenly showed off his power and scored wildly, widening the point difference to double digits. Although the Wizards still struggled to chase points after that, due to
The point difference is too big and the game has lost its suspense.
At the end of the game, the Celtics defeated the Wizards 115-105 and entered the Eastern Conference Finals.
The scores in the four quarters (Wizards in front) were: 23-27, 32-26, 24-32, 26-30.
For the Wizards, Wall had 18 points and 11 assists, Beal had 38 points, Porter had 20 points, and Morris had 18 points.
For the Celtics, Thomas had 29 points and 12 assists, Horford had 15 points and Olynyk had 26 points.
In general, the Celtics and Wizards are equally powerful, and the Celtics' home court advantage was of great help in achieving the final victory.
