⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their two- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen
- Ran them off the floor, 17 fast break points to 2
- A 13-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 34 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 9:48 · BOS 14-3 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 25
Q2 7:28 · BOS 43-18 NY
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 34
Q2 0:07 · BOS 65-31 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 30% |
| 12 | Threes made | 2 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 73 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
