⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their eighteen- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 19-9 off them
- A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15 in the first 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15
Q1 6:01 · BOS 21-6 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q3 6:01 · BOS 68-43 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kendrick Perkins double technical foul
Q1 1:23 · BOS 21-6 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q2 6:28 · BOS 43-27 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 23 | Assists | 10 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 22 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
