⏱️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
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 25-14 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 3:41 · CHA 43-41 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q2 7:54 · CHA 34-39 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rajon Rondo lost ball
Q4 4:26 · CHA 75-75 BOS
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:13 · CHA 82-84 BOS
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:17 · CHA 84-88 BOS
📊The numbers
| CHA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 17 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
