⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 38- Made three threes to their ten
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 14-6 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 2:46 · BKN 81-66 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jason Kidd Bad Pass. Stolen by Paul Pierce.
Q4 1:28 · BKN 99-92 BOS
- Missed FT
Jason Kidd missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:22 · BKN 103-95 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:21 · BKN 99-92 BOS
📊The numbers
| BKN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 13 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
