⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their no- Ran them off the floor, 33 fast break points to 11
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 25
Q4 1:49 · NY 98-123 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 2:02 · NY 25-37 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q2 2:12 · NY 51-73 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 37
Q4 8:29 · NY 80-117 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 0 | Threes made | 7 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 33 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
