⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, twelve of 24 from three
- Lived at the line, 53 free throws to their 28
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 29-20 off them
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q3 4:54 · TOR 80-83 BOS
- Steal
Morris Peterson stole it from Tony Allen
Q4 2:38 · TOR 109-107 BOS
- Ties it
Mike James hit a running jumper
Q4 1:17 · TOR 111-111 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mike James bad pass
Q4 3:00 · TOR 109-105 BOS
- Turnover
Eric Williams lost ball
Q4 2:43 · TOR 109-107 BOS
- Turnover
Morris Peterson lost ball
Q4 1:02 · TOR 111-113 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 9:37 · TOR 38-41 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 5:09 · TOR 51-54 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q4 3:15 · TOR 109-111 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tony Allen bad pass
Q4 2:38 · TOR 109-107 BOS
- Missed FT
Ryan Gomes misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:39 · TOR 114-117 BOS
- Missed FT
Gerald Green misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:26 · TOR 116-119 BOS
📊The numbers
| TOR | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 4 | Threes made | 12 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 40 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
