⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their eighteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 10:11 · BOS 47-44 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:20 · BOS 81-86 NO
- Turnover
Paul Pierce Bad Pass. Stolen by David Wesley.
Q4 3:24 · BOS 82-88 NO
- Turnover
Jiri Welsch Bad Pass. Stolen by George Lynch.
Q4 0:00 · BOS 94-96 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 5:41 · BOS 31-38 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 6:45 · BOS 53-55 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamaal Magloire missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:38 · BOS 84-90 NO
- Missed FT
George Lynch missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:18 · BOS 89-93 NO
📊The numbers
| BOS | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
