⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 18-9 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q2 7:24 · HOU 37-43 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 4:09 · HOU 52-47 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q4 9:37 · HOU 86-85 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Tracy McGrady double technical foul
Q2 1:40 · HOU 52-53 BOS
- Turnover
Yao Ming traveling
Q4 4:31 · HOU 86-92 BOS
- Missed FT
Tracy McGrady misses free throw 2 of 3
Q4 0:10 · HOU 98-101 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q2 11:08 · HOU 25-40 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 2:34 · HOU 52-55 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 7:24 · HOU 86-93 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kendrick Perkins offensive foul (Brent Barry draws the foul)
Q4 4:45 · HOU 86-92 BOS
- Turnover
Kendrick Perkins turnover
Q4 4:45 · HOU 86-92 BOS
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:47 · HOU 95-101 BOS
📊The numbers
| HOU | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
