⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 22-14 off them- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 44
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q3 11:07 · BOS 69-54 TOR
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Nate Robinson flagrant foul type 1 (Linas Kleiza draws the foul)
Q2 8:21 · BOS 40-27 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1
Q2 8:21 · BOS 40-39 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Peja Stojakovic bad pass
Q4 5:00 · BOS 100-93 TOR
- Missed FT
Linas Kleiza misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:36 · BOS 107-99 TOR
- Missed FT
Linas Kleiza misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:36 · BOS 107-99 TOR
📊The numbers
| BOS | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 33 | Assists | 26 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
