⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their sixteen- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 16-6 off them
- A 15-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 24 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 14
Q3 0:00 · BOS 62-76 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Antoine Walker Technical Foul
Q3 1:42 · BOS 51-70 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 4:54 · BOS 10-22 BKN
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 24
Q3 7:07 · BOS 51-75 BKN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q4 9:48 · BOS 62-87 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 14 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
