⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second 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 Pacers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 26-16 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 9:18 · BOS 8-4 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q3 8:52 · BOS 77-61 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 1 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 28 | Assists | 26 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
