⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rafer Alston double technical foul
Q1 12:00 · HOU 0-0 BOS
- Flagrant
Luis Scola flagrant foul type 1 (Tony Allen draws the foul)
Q3 3:17 · HOU 52-62 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 1:30 · HOU 40-45 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q3 0:35 · HOU 56-77 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q4 3:01 · HOU 64-91 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 72 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
