⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their six- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 24-12 off them
- A 15-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 27 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 36
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q1 4:24 · BOS 27-14 DAL
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 27
Q2 9:10 · BOS 58-31 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 35
Q3 11:45 · BOS 82-47 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Leon Powe double technical foul
Q4 3:16 · BOS 120-95 DAL
- Missed FT
Eddie House misses technical free throw
Q4 2:10 · BOS 122-97 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 16 | Threes made | 6 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 34 | Assists | 12 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
