⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first 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 Nuggets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:37 · BOS 8-0 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 4:50 · BOS 69-54 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 2:46 · BOS 77-56 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Vin Baker Technical Foul
Q1 10:45 · BOS 3-0 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Vincent Yarbrough missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 10:45 · BOS 3-0 DEN
📊The numbers
| BOS | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 31% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 16 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 10 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
