⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third 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 Hornets did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, eight free throws to their twenty
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 7-point lead to 18
Q4 10:33 · BOS 82-64 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:15 · BOS 48-40 CHA
- Technical
Double technical foul - Paul Pierce and Tyrus Thomas
Q3 9:07 · BOS 52-45 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 31 | Assists | 19 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 2 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
