⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, twelve of 22 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 8:48 · BOS 38-29 DAL
- Ties it
Paul Pierce hit a 26-foot three jumper, Ricky Davis with the assist
Q4 0:06 · BOS 102-102 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 7:18 · BOS 65-70 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 6:45 · BOS 84-96 DAL
- Winner
Jerry Stackhouse hit a jumper
Q4 0:00 · BOS 102-104 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Keith Van Horn technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:01 · BOS 65-70 DAL
- Turnover
Jerry Stackhouse bad pass
Q4 1:44 · BOS 97-100 DAL
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 1:09 · BOS 99-100 DAL
📊The numbers
| BOS | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 12 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
