⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their two- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 32 from three
- Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their sixteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 2:05 · BOS 23-20 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 8:37 · BOS 95-86 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Shammond Williams Double Technical Foul. Kevin Garnett gains possession.
Q4 1:51 · BOS 104-91 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 9:02 · BOS 69-63 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 14 | Threes made | 2 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
