⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their twenty- A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21 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.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21
Q3 5:31 · NO 67-88 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
