⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their thirteen- Gave up second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to their eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Joel Przybilla and Paul Pierce
Q2 4:24 · POR 32-33 BOS
- Missed FT
Patrick Mills misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:23 · POR 78-86 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rajon Rondo misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:04 · POR 74-82 BOS
- Missed FT
Marquis Daniels misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:42 · POR 77-82 BOS
- Missed FT
Marquis Daniels misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:42 · POR 77-82 BOS
📊The numbers
| POR | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 16 | Assists | 21 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
