⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twenty
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 2:06 · BKN 47-36 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 5:07 · BKN 90-70 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
