⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their two- They went cold, two of 21 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 3
- A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 31
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q2 6:05 · BOS 44-43 NY
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17
Q3 0:41 · BOS 89-72 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 14 | Threes made | 2 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 10% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 19 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
