⏱️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
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hornets 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.
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 3:28 · BOS 30-23 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 2:27 · BOS 86-69 CHA
- Steal
Kendrick Perkins stole it from Raymond Felton
Q4 1:15 · BOS 100-93 CHA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Glen Davis flagrant foul type 1 (Emeka Okafor draws the foul)
Q2 10:15 · BOS 33-28 CHA
- Technical
Kevin Garnett double technical foul
Q2 1:43 · BOS 56-44 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Emeka Okafor misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q2 10:15 · BOS 33-28 CHA
- Turnover
Raymond Felton lost ball
Q4 1:15 · BOS 100-93 CHA
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 9 | Threes made | 11 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 33 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
