⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 28-4 off them- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 28
- Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to eight
- Could not get to the line, 26 free throws to their 37
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q3 10:00 · BOS 76-56 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 2:34 · BOS 85-77 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
J.R. Smith technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:24 · BOS 98-87 DEN
📊The numbers
| BOS | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 30 | Assists | 21 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
