⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
They went cold, six of 26 from three
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 0:39 · BOS 30-21 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 3:42 · BOS 42-28 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Ricky Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:29 · BOS 49-41 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 11:15 · BOS 47-39 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Stephen Jackson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:55 · BOS 37-28 IND
📊The numbers
| BOS | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
