⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The 76ers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the 76ers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 39
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 in the third 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 10:33 · BOS 11-2 PHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Paul Pierce Technical Foul
Q3 7:03 · BOS 52-56 PHI

76ers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 1:52 · BOS 42-43 PHI
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q3 0:22 · BOS 66-85 PHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 25
Q4 5:58 · BOS 70-95 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 14 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |








