⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 22
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 4:48 · BOS 8-17 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 9:55 · BOS 58-75 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jose Calderon misses technical free throw
Q4 10:30 · BOS 58-67 TOR
- Turnover
Anthony Parker bad pass
Q4 3:31 · BOS 76-84 TOR
📊The numbers
| BOS | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 18 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
