⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 25, and outscored them 24-6 off them- Owned the paint, 34 points inside to 16
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 30
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 2:44 · BOS 43-33 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 5:48 · BOS 62-41 ORL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 32
Q4 7:13 · BOS 83-51 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Jermaine O'Neal and Dwight Howard
Q3 7:33 · BOS 54-39 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 9:57 · BOS 6-8 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 25% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 12 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 16 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 13 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
