⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth 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 twelve threes to their four- Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their 23
- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 24-14 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 7
- A 13-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 26 in the fourth 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q2 7:56 · BOS 34-28 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 8:42 · BOS 60-51 POR
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 26
Q4 10:37 · BOS 96-70 POR
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Delonte West flagrant foul type 1 (Stephen Graham draws the foul)
Q3 1:07 · BOS 72-62 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q1 7:01 · BOS 12-18 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 10:25 · BOS 52-51 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Stephen Graham misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q3 1:07 · BOS 72-62 POR
- Technical
Juan Dixon technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 10:26 · BOS 86-70 POR
📊The numbers
| BOS | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 12 | Threes made | 4 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
