⏱️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
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 25-11 off them- Burned in transition, 6 fast break points to 19
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 1:06 · BOS 24-21 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 7:07 · BOS 35-29 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 7:41 · BOS 56-46 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 4:48 · BOS 10-18 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 14 | Assists | 17 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
