⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 24 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 1:31 · TOR 51-41 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 4:16 · TOR 102-83 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Jalen Rose Technical Foul
Q4 10:27 · TOR 81-73 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q4 2:09 · TOR 105-95 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 10:27 · TOR 81-73 BOS
📊The numbers
| TOR | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 17 | Threes made | 3 |
| 71% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
