⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 25-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.

Magic
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 6:50 · ORL 17-10 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Victor Oladipo lost ball turnover
Q4 4:09 · ORL 77-82 BOS

Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kelly Olynyk traveling
Q4 4:39 · ORL 77-82 BOS
- Missed FT
Avery Bradley misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:03 · ORL 89-90 BOS
📊The numbers
| ORL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 68 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |









