⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to their four
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Clarence Weatherspoon Double Technical Foul. Antoine Walker gains possession.
Q3 1:15 · NY 60-78 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 9:52 · NY 46-64 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 14 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
