⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, eleven of 22 from three
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 16-4 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 10:14 · NY 11-0 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - J.R. Smith and Jason Terry
Q4 6:45 · NY 65-75 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 7:11 · NY 33-34 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q3 3:36 · NY 60-75 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 13 | Assists | 20 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
