⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 22 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their six- Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 18-4 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 33 in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 30
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q4 6:07 · BOS 103-79 PHI
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 33
Q4 4:20 · BOS 115-82 PHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Antoine Walker Technical Foul
Q4 3:10 · BOS 112-82 PHI
76ers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Allen Iverson missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 8:07 · BOS 37-35 PHI
- Technical
Allen Iverson Technical Foul
Q4 3:55 · BOS 108-82 PHI
- Missed FT
Aaron McKie missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 3:10 · BOS 112-82 PHI
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 19 | Threes made | 6 |
| 66% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 25 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
