⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 38
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Al Horford misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:45 · ATL 79-75 BOS
- Missed FT
Al Horford misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:45 · ATL 79-75 BOS
- Turnover
Kirk Hinrich bad pass
Q4 1:15 · ATL 84-81 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 2:09 · ATL 42-50 BOS
- Steal
Glen Davis stole it from Kirk Hinrich
Q4 1:15 · ATL 84-81 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Paul Pierce technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:33 · ATL 14-10 BOS
- Missed FT
Glen Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:36 · ATL 84-81 BOS
- Missed FT
Glen Davis misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:36 · ATL 84-81 BOS
📊The numbers
| ATL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 14 | Assists | 22 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 2 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
