⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eight of sixteen from three- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 32
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 27-11 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 7:46 · TOR 16-10 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q3 8:53 · TOR 60-55 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q4 3:41 · TOR 99-88 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Voshon Lenard Bad Pass. Stolen by Antoine Walker.
Q4 4:39 · TOR 89-86 BOS
- Turnover
Vince Carter Bad Pass
Q4 4:01 · TOR 89-88 BOS
- Missed FT
Vince Carter missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 0:59 · TOR 97-88 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q4 7:37 · TOR 87-84 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kedrick Brown Offensive Foul
Q4 3:55 · TOR 89-88 BOS
- Turnover
Kedrick Brown Foul
Q4 3:55 · TOR 89-88 BOS
- Turnover
Kedrick Brown Bad Pass. Stolen by Alvin Williams.
Q4 2:48 · TOR 91-88 BOS
📊The numbers
| TOR | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
