⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 25 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 43 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 30-7 off them
A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up in the first quarter
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up
Q1 1:10 · BOS 31-20 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 5:56 · BOS 49-30 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tony Allen missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:33 · BOS 83-91 BKN
- Turnover
Al Jefferson Lost Ball. Stolen by Jason Kidd.
Q4 0:56 · BOS 93-97 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q3 10:48 · BOS 58-56 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q3 7:18 · BOS 64-69 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q3 3:30 · BOS 66-79 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Kidd missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 6:56 · BOS 9-5 BKN
- Missed FT
Jason Kidd missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:10 · BOS 93-96 BKN
- Missed FT
Travis Best missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:32 · BOS 93-99 BKN
📊The numbers
| BOS | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 24 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 0 |
