⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- Shot well above their usual, ten of seventeen from three
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 19
Q4 9:29 · CHA 77-96 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ronald Murray misses technical free throw
Q2 6:26 · CHA 26-40 BOS
- Technical
Nazr Mohammed technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:54 · CHA 31-52 BOS
- Technical
Boris Diaw technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:58 · CHA 53-74 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 9:21 · CHA 6-14 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q3 0:42 · CHA 66-93 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:26 · CHA 26-40 BOS
📊The numbers
| CHA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 2 | Threes made | 10 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 13 | Assists | 24 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 9 |
