The Washington Wizards lost to the Boston Celtics 116-87 on Sunday afternoon at Capital One Arena. Washington also falls to below .500 for the second time in the regular season, where they are 23-24 and Boston improves to 23-23.
Washington never led in this game and were behind by double digits in the first half though the deficit was back down to single digits most of the time. They were held to 32.6 percent shooting in the first half, 35.5 percent overall. Jayson Tatum had a field day for Boston in their win, scoring 51 points on 18-of-28 from the field and 9-of-14 from three overall.