⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second 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
A 14-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 25 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 25
Q2 0:07 · BOS 65-40 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 6:48 · BOS 105-90 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ray Allen misses technical free throw
Q4 10:17 · BOS 90-77 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q3 1:47 · BOS 83-70 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 10:41 · BOS 90-82 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 29 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 0 |
