⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their twenty
- Won the glass, 38 rebounds to 22
- A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up
Q1 2:28 · BOS 33-20 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q2 1:25 · BOS 58-42 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 2 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
