⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 12- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 40
A 15-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 6 in the second quarter
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 6
Q2 7:18 · BOS 39-45 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 7:33 · BOS 4-18 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:25 · BOS 44-53 DAL
- Flagrant
Josh Howard flagrant foul type 1 (Paul Pierce draws the foul)
Q3 8:40 · BOS 53-66 DAL
📊The numbers
| BOS | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 16 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
