⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty- A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22 in the third quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10 in the fourth quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 6:07 · BOS 19-11 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 9:41 · BOS 69-55 DEN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22
Q3 2:01 · BOS 93-71 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:04 · BOS 111-103 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 1:29 · BOS 55-51 DEN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10
Q4 7:35 · BOS 99-89 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 29 | Assists | 23 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
