⏱️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
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 37- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:56 · BOS 10-2 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 10:30 · BOS 44-29 ORL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q3 0:03 · BOS 90-70 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Paul Pierce Technical Foul
Q3 6:28 · BOS 71-56 ORL
- Turnover
Chris Mihm 3 second
Q4 2:41 · BOS 92-84 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 5:33 · BOS 92-84 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 0 |
