⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 10 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
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Celtics 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.
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 2:19 · BOS 42-42 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:45 · BOS 0-10 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 11:49 · BOS 16-27 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 10:10 · BOS 42-50 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 14 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
