⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their no- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 27-10 off them
- A 20-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 26 in the second quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:14 · BOS 8-0 CHA
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 26
Q2 2:15 · BOS 57-31 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Paul Pierce technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q1 4:05 · BOS 12-6 CHA
- Missed FT
Ray Allen misses technical free throw
Q3 3:53 · BOS 63-33 CHA
- Technical
Kendrick Perkins technical foul (3rd technical foul)
Q3 1:54 · BOS 65-37 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Raymond Felton misses technical free throw
Q1 11:41 · BOS 0-0 CHA
- Missed FT
Raymond Felton misses technical free throw
Q1 4:05 · BOS 12-6 CHA
- Technical
Gerald Wallace technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 4:05 · BOS 62-33 CHA
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 31% |
| 11 | Threes made | 0 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 28 | Assists | 10 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
