⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 23 from three- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their eight
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 took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:40 · BOS 9-2 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 8:15 · BOS 37-27 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q3 0:34 · BOS 72-82 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
LaMarcus Aldridge traveling
Q4 1:42 · BOS 85-92 POR
📊The numbers
| BOS | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
