⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their seven
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 11:00 · BOS 8-0 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q1 4:41 · BOS 24-9 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wally Szczerbiak misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:13 · BOS 116-110 DEN
- Missed FT
Sebastian Telfair misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:09 · BOS 117-112 DEN
- Missed FT
Sebastian Telfair misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:09 · BOS 117-112 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Earl Boykins bad pass
Q4 4:05 · BOS 99-93 DEN
📊The numbers
| BOS | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 33 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
