⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 9:38 · BOS 10-5 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 7:56 · BOS 37-35 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q4 1:42 · BOS 93-101 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Garnett technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 0:15 · BOS 41-52 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 2:58 · BOS 19-22 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 3:51 · BOS 39-49 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 5:16 · BOS 82-99 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
