⏱️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
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 6:09 · POR 19-16 BOS
- Steal
Darius Miles stole it from Paul Pierce
Q4 3:00 · POR 88-93 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Martell Webster traveling
Q4 1:47 · POR 90-97 BOS
- Missed FT
Travis Outlaw misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:26 · POR 92-99 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Paul Pierce lost ball
Q4 3:00 · POR 88-93 BOS
- Missed FT
Ryan Gomes misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:24 · POR 93-99 BOS
- Missed FT
Ryan Gomes misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:24 · POR 93-99 BOS
📊The numbers
| POR | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
