⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their seventeen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 1:17 · BOS 47-36 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shammond Williams Bad Pass
Q4 0:31 · BOS 86-78 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q4 5:31 · BOS 84-73 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
