⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHI better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the 76ers.
⚖️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 25-12 off them- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 8
- A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17 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.
76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 6:43 · PHI 15-18 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Robert Covington misses technical free throw
Q1 3:36 · PHI 18-25 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 10:14 · PHI 5-15 BOS
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17
Q1 0:09 · PHI 26-43 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 28
Q3 8:36 · PHI 49-77 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHI | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 17 | Assists | 29 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Steals | 14 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
