⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q2 0:02 · BOS 63-50 PHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q4 3:26 · BOS 99-78 PHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ray Allen misses technical free throw
Q1 7:18 · BOS 10-9 PHI
- Missed FT
Ray Allen misses technical free throw
Q4 6:39 · BOS 83-72 PHI
76ers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 29 | Assists | 17 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
