⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their eighteen- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 4:50 · ORL 65-68 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 3:34 · ORL 23-28 BOS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q3 10:42 · ORL 53-63 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 0:03 · ORL 88-94 BOS
📊The numbers
| ORL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 2 | Threes made | 2 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
