⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 59 rebounds to 40- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 19-4 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 6:28 · BOS 20-13 PHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Raef LaFrentz Bad Pass. Stolen by Andre Iguodala.
Q4 4:28 · BOS 91-87 PHI
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 1:58 · BOS 100-92 PHI
- Turnover
Paul Pierce Bad Pass
Q4 0:46 · BOS 100-92 PHI
76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 2:17 · BOS 51-52 PHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chris Webber missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:47 · BOS 98-90 PHI
- Turnover
Samuel Dalembert Lost Ball. Stolen by Raef LaFrentz.
Q4 1:54 · BOS 100-92 PHI
- Missed FT
John Salmons missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:34 · BOS 100-92 PHI
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 10 | Blocks | 7 |
