⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their one- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 38
- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 9
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 3:56 · CHA 14-18 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q4 6:05 · CHA 55-82 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 32
Q4 1:54 · CHA 61-93 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 1 | Threes made | 8 |
| 9% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 21 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 15 |
| 5 | Blocks | 10 |
