⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 31- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 26-8 off them
- A 21-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 28 in the second quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 22 in the fourth quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 21
Q3 8:14 · NY 46-67 BOS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 22
Q4 11:26 · NY 67-89 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 2:20 · NY 19-28 BOS
- 21-0 run
A 21-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 28
Q2 3:26 · NY 35-63 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 31
Q4 7:03 · NY 67-98 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Gary Payton Technical Foul
Q1 8:11 · NY 8-8 BOS
📊The numbers
| NY | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 16 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
