⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 30- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the third quarter
- Made two threes to their nine
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their fourteen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Paul Pierce Technical Foul
Q4 7:47 · BOS 79-86 POR
- Turnover
Paul Pierce Bad Pass. Stolen by Darius Miles.
Q4 1:22 · BOS 91-99 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q3 7:37 · BOS 57-66 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q4 8:17 · BOS 79-93 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Ruben Patterson Technical Foul
Q1 7:41 · BOS 9-10 POR
- Missed FT
Darius Miles missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 0:20 · BOS 95-103 POR
- Technical
Ruben Patterson Technical Foul
Q4 0:20 · BOS 95-103 POR
📊The numbers
| BOS | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 61% |
| 9 | Threes made | 2 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
