⏱️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 fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 51 free throws to their fifteen- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen
A 14-0 run dragged them back level in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 2:13 · NY 59-59 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kurt Thomas Bad Pass. Stolen by Tony Delk.
Q4 2:41 · NY 103-105 BOS
- Turnover
Clarence Weatherspoon Lost Ball
Q4 1:00 · NY 105-111 BOS
- Turnover
Allan Houston Bad Pass. Stolen by Tony Delk.
Q4 0:15 · NY 107-115 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q1 9:26 · NY 9-14 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 5:01 · NY 43-57 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tony Delk missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 1:01 · NY 25-27 BOS
- Turnover
Tony Battie 3 second
Q4 2:50 · NY 103-105 BOS
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 0:36 · NY 105-111 BOS
📊The numbers
| NY | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 43 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 31 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
