⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 25 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 10:59 · BOS 12-2 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q3 10:34 · BOS 76-60 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 19
Q4 4:05 · BOS 121-102 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 14 | Threes made | 6 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
