⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their nineteen- Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to seven
- A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18 in the third quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 0:28 · BOS 32-23 BKN
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18
Q3 8:21 · BOS 70-52 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Anthony Goldwire Technical Foul
Q4 11:45 · BOS 82-67 BKN
📊The numbers
| BOS | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 14 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
