⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 30
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 0:06 · BOS 31-23 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 0:35 · BOS 47-56 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
