⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 24-11 off them- A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18 in the second quarter
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 took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 0:02 · BOS 29-22 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 10:17 · BOS 29-31 BKN
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18
Q2 2:06 · BOS 43-61 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 1 | Threes made | 1 |
| 5% | Three-point accuracy | 9% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
