⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their 25
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 1-point lead to 12
Q1 10:30 · BOS 16-4 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ray Allen misses technical free throw
Q3 3:20 · BOS 73-65 DEN
- Technical
Glen Davis double technical foul
Q4 2:31 · BOS 100-82 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Chauncey Billups technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 3:20 · BOS 73-65 DEN
📊The numbers
| BOS | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 13 |
| 10 | Blocks | 1 |
