⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
-1Q128-30
-8Q218-24
+3Q39-9
-12Q417-30
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their nineteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 22-5 off them
Key battles
15%Three-point accuracy56%
5Points off turnovers22
2Blocks7
10Free throws made20
📊The numbers
| BOS | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
