⏱️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
▼ PHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their four
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
Paul Pierce turnover
Q4 4:16 · BOS 71-68 PHI
- Turnover
Rajon Rondo out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 1:15 · BOS 80-73 PHI
- Missed FT
Kevin Garnett misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:57 · BOS 80-73 PHI

76ers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Thaddeus Young bad pass
Q4 4:05 · BOS 71-68 PHI
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Assists | 15 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |