⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their four- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 46
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q3 10:52 · BOS 55-39 BKN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 23
Q3 2:38 · BOS 73-50 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Vin Baker Double Technical Foul. Dikembe Mutombo gains possession.
Q2 0:01 · BOS 44-37 BKN
- Technical
Tony Battie Technical Foul
Q3 6:18 · BOS 58-41 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Lucious Harris Technical Foul
Q2 6:15 · BOS 29-27 BKN
- Missed FT
Jason Kidd missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 6:18 · BOS 58-41 BKN
📊The numbers
| BOS | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 14 | Threes made | 4 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 9 |
