⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their three- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen
- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Chauncey Billups technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:58 · DEN 36-51 BOS
- Flagrant
Kenyon Martin flagrant foul type 1 (Ray Allen draws the foul)
Q2 0:34 · DEN 36-54 BOS
- Technical
Anthony Carter double technical foul
Q4 10:07 · DEN 59-91 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 4:24 · DEN 11-25 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q2 2:16 · DEN 36-59 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 37
Q4 6:16 · DEN 69-106 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 14 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 61% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 16 | Assists | 28 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
