⏱️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
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 1:22 · BOS 27-18 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 0:41 · BOS 78-59 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 16% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 30 | Assists | 19 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
