⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 29 from three
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 0:53 · TOR 31-25 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 5:35 · TOR 50-42 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot Clock Violation
Q4 4:41 · TOR 97-90 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Gary Payton Technical Foul. Payton's 1st Technical Foul.
Q1 9:00 · TOR 8-6 BOS
- Technical
Raef LaFrentz Technical Foul. LaFrentz's 3rd Technical Foul.
Q3 10:56 · TOR 59-49 BOS
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:28 · TOR 97-90 BOS
📊The numbers
| TOR | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 14 | Threes made | 3 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
