⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 12 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
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 21-4 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q3 1:21 · TOR 54-69 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jose Calderon misses technical free throw
Q1 6:28 · TOR 7-10 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q1 0:38 · TOR 17-35 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Paul Pierce technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:57 · TOR 48-69 BOS
📊The numbers
| TOR | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 16 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
