⏱️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
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth 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 Raptors did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 30
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace double technical foul
Q2 4:13 · BOS 45-40 TOR
- Turnover
Kendrick Perkins traveling
Q4 4:30 · BOS 88-81 TOR
- Turnover
Kendrick Perkins traveling
Q4 0:14 · BOS 101-96 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 1:54 · BOS 29-29 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Marcus Banks bad pass
Q4 4:35 · BOS 88-81 TOR
📊The numbers
| BOS | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 26 | Assists | 22 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
