Celtics vs. Wizards Stat Pack

*Exactly 10 months to the day that the Celtics acquired him, Jordan Crawford will be starting against the Wizards for the first time in his career.
–The Celtics are 12-11 this season when having Crawford in the starting lineup after he posted a 20-42 record as a starter with the Wizards.


*On Wednesday against the Pistons and Saturday against the Wizards, the Celtics will have faced the 2 highest time-of-possession players in the NBA. John Wall is 1^st and Brandon Jennings is 2^nd.
–Source: http://stats.nba.com/playerTrackingTouches.html?pageNo=1&rowsPerPage=25&sortField=TOP&sortOrder=DES

*John Wall has yet to win a game at TD Garden (in 4 tries).

*Nene Hilario’s record in games he has played at TD Garden: 1-7
–His record at home vs. the Celtics: 4-1 (He scored double-digit points in each of those 5 games.)

*Nene’s career average on the road: 12.1 points per game
–His career average at TD Garden: 8.4 points per game
–His career-high at TD Garden: 14 points on November 14, 2008 – coincidentally, the one victory Nene had in Boston in his NBA career

*Bradley Beal and Nene Hilario have already missed a combined 16 games this season.
–They have both been absent in the same game 4 times in 2013-14, and the Wizards lost each of those contests.

*In Wednesday’s victory at the Barclays Center, Bradley Beal and Nene Hilario each had new season-lows in playing time.
–However, they combined to be 10-of-20 from the field, including Beal’s 3-of-4 shooting from downtown.

*The Celtics tied their season-high in points in the paint on Wednesday.
–Also scored 54 at Miami

*The leading scorers in the last 3 Celtics games have been Carmelo Anthony (26), Kevin Love (27) and Brandon Jennings (28).

*Jeff Green has made at least one 3-pointer in each of his last 15 games (ties his career-long streak from 2010)

*Wednesday was the C’s first loss when scoring at least 100 points this season.
–They are now 7-1 this season when hitting triple digits.

*The C’s are now 0-5 this season when committing more than 17 turnovers.

*Recent Meetings: Celtics vs. Wizards
–The Celtics have won the last 7 meetings.