⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
+14Q128-14
-3Q227-30
+11Q329-19
-3Q418-19
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 35
Key battles
25Assists11
9Fast break points3
12Threes made6
12Free throws made22
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:27 · BOS 9-0 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jon Barry missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 9:02 · BOS 35-22 HOU
📊The numbers
| BOS | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
