⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
-6Q118-23
0Q224-24
-7Q314-22
0Q424-26
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
4Fast break points1
10Offensive rebounds5
2Blocks5
22Points off turnovers14
🏀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.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Francis Technical Foul
Q1 1:00 · BOS 15-20 HOU
📊The numbers
| BOS | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 9 | Threes made | 11 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 16 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
