⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twenty turnovers to their 26
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
Mark Blount Technical Foul
Q3 5:37 · BOS 54-47 CHA
- Technical
Ricky Davis Technical Foul
Q3 4:50 · BOS 57-47 CHA
- Technical
Paul Pierce Double Technical Foul. Gerald Wallace gains possession.
Q4 6:16 · BOS 82-66 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Hart missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 5:37 · BOS 54-47 CHA
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 26 |
| 14 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
