⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 38- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 38
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten
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 6 down to 2 up
Q1 4:47 · BOS 18-16 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 0:29 · BOS 84-72 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ray Allen bad pass
Q4 0:31 · BOS 102-98 NY
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:21 · BOS 103-98 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- Steal
Toney Douglas stole it from Ray Allen
Q4 0:31 · BOS 102-98 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Wilson Chandler technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 7:56 · BOS 32-31 NY
- Missed FT
Amare Stoudemire misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:01 · BOS 97-89 NY
📊The numbers
| BOS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 33 | Assists | 24 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 9 |
