⏱️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
-4Q124-24
-2Q218-18
-1Q327-24
+1Q430-28
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lost the glass, 29 rebounds to 42
Key battles
3Offensive rebounds13
8Blocks2
8Threes made3
9Points off turnovers16
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rajon Rondo misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:31 · BOS 99-91 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 2:44 · BOS 22-24 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 15 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
