⏱️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
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 39 rebounds to 26- Owned the paint, 46 points inside to 26
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 11:41 · BKN 28-27 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 5:15 · BKN 100-103 BOS
- Lead
Vince Carter hit a 25-foot three jumper
Q4 1:14 · BKN 111-108 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- Lead
Paul Pierce hit a 18-foot jumper
Q4 2:12 · BKN 105-107 BOS
- Ties it
Ray Allen hit a 25-foot three jumper, Paul Pierce with the assist
Q4 1:05 · BKN 111-111 BOS
- Winner
Paul Pierce hit a two point shot
Q4 0:20 · BKN 111-113 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Paul Pierce turnover
Q4 3:47 · BKN 100-103 BOS
📊The numbers
| BKN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 61% |
| 13 | Threes made | 8 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 62% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
