⏱️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
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of eighteen from three- A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Al Horford turnover
Q4 3:15 · ATL 84-88 BOS
- Turnover
Joe Johnson offensive foul (James Posey draws the foul)
Q4 2:40 · ATL 84-88 BOS
- Turnover
Joe Johnson turnover
Q4 2:40 · ATL 84-88 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 7:56 · ATL 35-42 BOS
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up
Q4 7:58 · ATL 84-91 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Sam Cassell misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:26 · ATL 84-88 BOS
📊The numbers
| ATL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
