⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The second 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 76ers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seventeen turnovers to their 24, and were outscored 34-18 off them- Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 7
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q2 8:37 · BOS 38-28 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 10:29 · BOS 6-13 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 9:15 · BOS 55-50 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 31 | Assists | 12 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 34 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
