⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 2:44 · BOS 63-75 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kurt Thomas Bad Pass. Stolen by Mike James.
Q4 1:35 · BOS 82-88 NY
📊The numbers
| BOS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 13 | Blocks | 7 |
