⏱️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
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Lived at the line, 28 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.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Nazr Mohammed Lost Ball. Stolen by Ricky Davis.
Q4 1:44 · NY 81-79 BOS
- Missed FT
Tim Thomas missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:49 · NY 82-83 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- Ties it
Mark Blount made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:39 · NY 81-81 BOS
- Winner
Mark Blount made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Q4 1:06 · NY 81-83 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:10 · NY 81-78 BOS
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:17 · NY 84-85 BOS
- Missed FT
Ricky Davis missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:00 · NY 84-87 BOS
📊The numbers
| NY | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
