⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR 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 Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Zach Randolph misses technical free throw
Q2 2:47 · POR 42-38 BOS
- Turnover
Juan Dixon turnover
Q4 4:26 · POR 72-78 BOS
- Turnover
Zach Randolph bad pass
Q4 0:54 · POR 79-83 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 0:31 · POR 44-48 BOS
- Steal
Wally Szczerbiak stole it from Zach Randolph
Q4 0:54 · POR 79-83 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gerald Green misses technical free throw
Q2 10:18 · POR 31-23 BOS
- Missed FT
Wally Szczerbiak misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:29 · POR 79-87 BOS
- Missed FT
Wally Szczerbiak misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:29 · POR 79-87 BOS
📊The numbers
| POR | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 16 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
