⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of nineteen from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 8:45 · BKN 34-37 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 0:01 · BKN 52-65 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 5:39 · BKN 55-75 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Garnett technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:41 · BKN 30-29 BOS
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 1:16 · BKN 97-105 BOS
📊The numbers
| BKN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 19 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
