⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 16-8 off them
- A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14 in the first quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q1 8:53 · BOS 21-7 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rajon Rondo misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q3 2:12 · BOS 68-49 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Linas Kleiza flagrant foul type 1 (Rajon Rondo draws the foul)
Q3 2:12 · BOS 68-49 TOR
📊The numbers
| BOS | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 12 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
