⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q3 1:07 · NY 74-82 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Quentin Richardson double technical foul
Q3 3:06 · NY 58-75 BOS
- Technical
Quentin Richardson double technical foul
Q3 1:57 · NY 63-80 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 7:01 · NY 10-21 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q2 2:42 · NY 45-59 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 8:22 · NY 52-70 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Kendrick Perkins technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 1:07 · NY 65-82 BOS
📊The numbers
| NY | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 1 | Threes made | 4 |
| 7% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 16 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 0 | Blocks | 1 |
