⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 17 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
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 25-15 off them- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 29
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q3 6:58 · BKN 52-64 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Gerald Wallace and Kevin Garnett
Q4 9:30 · BKN 61-77 BOS
- Technical
Double technical foul - Andray Blatche and Courtney Lee
Q4 9:30 · BKN 61-77 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 8:52 · BKN 29-36 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 14 | Assists | 25 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
