⏱️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
▲ PHI better than we expected
-5Q120-26
+3Q227-27
-4Q315-23
0Q424-24
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the 76ers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their two- They went cold, two of seventeen from three
- A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 35
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their eight
Key battles
12%Three-point accuracy39%
2Threes made9
14Offensive rebounds6
8Turnovers14
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
76ers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q1 7:20 · PHI 9-15 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up
Q1 11:36 · PHI 0-15 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHI | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 2 | Threes made | 9 |
| 12% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 89 | Rebounds | 69 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 18 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
