⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their ten
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 7:11 · CHA 16-10 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 3:46 · CHA 96-85 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Lance Stephenson and Rajon Rondo
Q3 6:37 · CHA 55-53 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 10:48 · CHA 27-26 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 5:22 · CHA 32-38 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q3 0:28 · CHA 75-74 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jeff Green misses technical free throw
Q1 8:18 · CHA 6-6 BOS
- Turnover
Jeff Green traveling
Q4 3:42 · CHA 90-85 BOS
- Turnover
Rajon Rondo traveling
Q4 1:31 · CHA 92-85 BOS
📊The numbers
| CHA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 18 | Assists | 26 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
