On April 4, Beijing time, in a regular season game that ended earlier, the Celtics beat the Wizards 144-102 at home, winning two consecutive wins and successfully completing the recovery. This game the Green Army did not give the opponent any chance, the first quarter took the upper hand, although the Wizards ushered in the second quarter of the outbreak, but in the second half of the Green Army broke out again, the point difference was completely widened, and the game also lost suspense early.
In this campaign, only Williams was absent from the Celtic side, and the other players all played, showing excellent form from the beginning, and soon occupied the initiative on the court, taking a 13-point lead in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Wizards bit the score and could enter the second half, after the decline in the feel, the Celtics pulled the point difference apart in a wave, and the third quarter was a 25-point lead; the Green Army bench players in the last quarter still played well, did not give the Wizards any chance, and the point difference was further widened, and finally won a 42-point wild victory.
The Celtics' outside touch was hot in this game, with the team shooting 23 of 44 three-pointers, shooting 52.3%, which is higher than the Wizards' two-point shooting rate (30 of 61). The Green Army hit a total of nine three-pointers, Tatum 1 of 5, Smart 4 of 1 was a bit of a drag, other players Brown 5 of 4, Horford 6 of 2, G-Williams on the bench 5 of 4, White of 3, Pre richard 7 of 4, Nesmith 4 of 3, Fitz 1 of 1, so many fire points, but also made the Wizards a little helpless.
This time, the Green Army is also a multi-point blossom, the whole team of 7 people scored in doubles, and the double probe flower is still the main firepower of the team, and the combined force bombed down 54 points. Brown scored a high of 32 points, Tatum had 22 points, six rebounds and seven assists, Howard had 10 points, and the bench players were in better shape this time, White 17 points, G-Williams 16 points, Pregart 14 points, and Neismith 11 points.
After the wild victory over the Wizards, coupled with the Loss of the Bucks, the Celtics managed to rise to the second place in the East, 1.5 wins away from the first Heat, and one win ahead of the Bucks and 76ers behind them, and then it will change. Today, the competition in the top four in the East is still very fierce, and it is estimated that the final ranking will not be determined until the last game is played, and the current top four are the Heat, Celtics, Bucks and 76ers.