⏱️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
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 24
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 5 down to 3 up
Q2 1:27 · BOS 46-43 ATL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Glen Davis flagrant foul type 1 (Zaza Pachulia draws the foul)
Q2 5:43 · BOS 34-36 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Al Horford technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 4:24 · BOS 14-12 ATL
- Technical
Mike Bibby technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:30 · BOS 52-47 ATL
📊The numbers
| BOS | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 28 | Assists | 16 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
