⏱️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
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 32- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 31
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
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 from level to 10 points up
Q3 9:52 · BOS 62-52 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 5:26 · BOS 99-79 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Paul Pierce technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:28 · BOS 44-40 ATL
- Technical
Kendrick Perkins double technical foul
Q3 7:13 · BOS 63-55 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Joe Johnson misses technical free throw
Q3 2:54 · BOS 71-65 ATL
- Missed FT
Joe Johnson misses technical free throw
Q4 7:13 · BOS 91-77 ATL
📊The numbers
| BOS | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 16 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
