⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 19-8 off them- Lost the glass, 20 rebounds to 34
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q3 1:29 · BOS 68-54 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Jefferson misses technical free throw
Q2 9:33 · BOS 21-26 BKN
- Technical
Antoine Wright technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:28 · BOS 73-58 BKN
📊The numbers
| BOS | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 76 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 21 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
