⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 9:34 · CHA 14-5 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up
Q1 0:58 · CHA 21-25 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 1:15 · CHA 38-49 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q3 0:39 · CHA 66-77 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 22 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
