⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHI better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the 76ers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their one- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of twenty from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
76ers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 9:04 · PHI 12-4 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Lou Williams misses technical free throw
Q3 3:31 · PHI 48-64 BOS
- Missed FT
Jason Kapono misses technical free throw
Q3 0:04 · PHI 53-67 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 2:20 · PHI 15-17 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q3 11:21 · PHI 36-53 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q4 8:37 · PHI 58-85 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:04 · PHI 53-67 BOS
📊The numbers
| PHI | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 1 | Threes made | 14 |
| 6% | Three-point accuracy | 70% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 15 | Assists | 27 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
