⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 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 ten threes to their no- A 16-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 17 in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their four
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 17
Q1 1:50 · BOS 38-21 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q3 6:05 · BOS 74-52 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Paul Pierce double technical foul
Q3 7:31 · BOS 61-49 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q2 8:33 · BOS 40-37 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyrus Thomas technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 4:31 · BOS 71-52 CHA
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 10 | Threes made | 0 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
