⏱️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
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kemba Walker misses technical free throw
Q3 12:00 · CHA 49-52 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rajon Rondo misses technical free throw
Q1 9:15 · CHA 4-2 BOS
- Technical
Rajon Rondo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 12:00 · CHA 49-52 BOS
📊The numbers
| CHA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 10 |
