(Picture above from Washington Wizards twitter @WashWizards)

Wizards lose to Celtics 129-119 in OT. I’m too depressed to write a short and long recap because Wizards had so many opportunities to win the game, but they didn’t take advantage of them and are now down 2-0 in a series that has been much closer than the two double digit losses indicate. Instead, I will just write a recap focusing on the Wizards’ collapse. Here it is:

Markieff Morris started the game, and the first quarter went great for Washington just like it had in Game 1. Wall finished the quarter with 19 points and 6 assists and was outplaying Isaiah Thomas, who had 15. Zards were up 42-29 at end of 1, but then the bench blew the lead again. The Celtics took a brief lead, but Wall took over again and put the Wiz up 67-64 at half and had 23 and 9 at the break.

The second half started off great. After a Marcus Smart three, Washington went on a 14-0 run and started to pull away, but the Celtics hit a barrage of threes to finish the third quarter only down by 5. Wall had 35 and 11, and Thomas only had 24. Things were looking good until the fourth quarter happened. IT went off and showed everyone why he is called Mr. 4th Quarter, and next thing you know, the Celtics were up 102-99. From there, the Wizards battled back to take the lead, the Celtics tied it up, and the Wiz had two chances to win it at the end of regulation. First Wall missed a tough midrange jumper, then Beal got the rebound and had an open foul line jumper that he put up just before the buzzer. As the ball was in the air many Wizards fans watching could hear Steve Buckhantz yelling “DAGGER” in their heads, but Beal airballed the shot, broke many hearts (including mine), and the game was headed to overtime.

In overtime, the Wizards were clearly fatigued and the Celtics ran away with the game. When the buzzer sounded the Celtics won by a score of 129-119 and took a 2-0 series lead. Thomas dominated the 4th/OT and scored 29 of his 53 during these 17 minutes. He won the point guard matchup again, and like I keep on saying, the winner of the PG matchup is the winner of the series.

Final Stats:

Wall: 40 points and 13 assists

Thomas: 53 points

Beal: 14 points on 4/15 shooting

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