⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hawks 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eddie House misses technical free throw
Q2 2:23 · BOS 47-39 ATL
- Technical
Eddie House double technical foul
Q4 10:32 · BOS 79-63 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Salim Stoudamire misses technical free throw
Q2 4:15 · BOS 41-33 ATL
- Technical
Josh Smith technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:23 · BOS 47-39 ATL
📊The numbers
| BOS | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 30 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
