⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their sixteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q2 8:26 · CHA 39-46 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Jason Richardson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:03 · CHA 71-86 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 9:56 · CHA 6-14 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 8:23 · CHA 77-96 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 75 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 17 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
