⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 44 points inside to 28- Could not get to the line, 23 free throws to their 40
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Juwan Howard double technical foul
Q2 1:15 · POR 38-51 BOS
- Missed FT
Andre Miller misses technical free throw
Q3 11:00 · POR 38-58 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q2 1:50 · POR 38-58 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q4 10:17 · POR 64-84 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Rajon Rondo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 11:00 · POR 38-58 BOS
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:23 · POR 54-69 BOS
📊The numbers
| POR | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 7 | Assists | 27 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
