(Picture above from Washington Wizards twitter @WashWizards)

General Game Information:

Where: Verizon Center in Washington DC

When: Friday, May 12 at 8 pm EST

Where to Watch: ESPN

Injuries:

Wizards: none

Celtics: none

What to Watch For:

HOME COURT ADVANTAGE

The home team has not only won every game in this series. It has won by double digits. If this trend continues, it will favor the Wizards on Friday and push the series to 7. However, then the Wizards would need to break the streak and win Game 7 on the road in Boston. Let’s take this one game at a time though and hope the home court advantage continues in Game 6.

GAME OF RUNS

Anyone who has been watching this series knows what I mean by this. Both teams have gone on big runs to take leads, and the team that went on the biggest run was usually the team that won the game. Wednesday night it was the Celtics who went on a 16-0 run early in the first quarter that essentially ended the game as the Wizards never cut the lead down to single digits. Expect the winner of this game to go on 15-0 run or better at some point to put the game away.

WALL AND BEAL

The two of them combined for 37 points on 14/36 shooting. That is not enough. The Wizards need to be able to count on their backcourt stars to put up 50+ points in every playoff game or else they will not win. Wall has to distribute the ball better (he only had 4 assists) and Beal needs to shoot the three better (0/4 from deep). It is safe to say Wall will definitely double his Game 5 assist total. Beal might not be able to break out of his deep ball slump. If Beal’s playoff shooting struggles continue, he needs to be aggressive and score in other ways to help the offense run smoothly and keep up with the red-hot Celtics.

Prediction:

The Wizards are the home team, so they should be expected to win and force a Game 7. It also seems like every game will be decided by double digits. Wizards 116 – Celtics 105

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