⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, ten of twenty from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rajon Rondo bad pass
Q4 1:28 · BOS 90-87 NY
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:16 · BOS 90-89 NY
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:05 · BOS 91-89 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:27 · BOS 5-11 NY
- Steal
Landry Fields stole it from Rajon Rondo
Q4 1:28 · BOS 90-87 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:09 · BOS 57-67 NY
- Turnover
Iman Shumpert bad pass
Q4 4:50 · BOS 79-79 NY
📊The numbers
| BOS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
