⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 23 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their two- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 22 from three
- Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 33-20 off them
- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 33
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 4:13 · BOS 24-23 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 6:01 · BOS 98-85 PHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 3:31 · BOS 107-87 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q2 8:51 · BOS 36-47 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 14 | Threes made | 2 |
| 64% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 74 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 31 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 33 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
