⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their one
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 cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q3 9:11 · BOS 57-69 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 10:57 · BOS 24-41 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q3 4:56 · BOS 61-86 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 1 | Threes made | 15 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 17 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
