⏱️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
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 28
- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q2 9:10 · NY 32-31 BOS
- Steal
Kristaps Porzingis stole it from Tyler Zeller
Q4 1:16 · NY 87-95 BOS
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Carmelo Anthony flagrant foul type 1 (Jae Crowder draws the foul)
Q1 7:26 · NY 9-5 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 9:03 · NY 10-11 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 10:55 · NY 22-29 BOS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q4 6:41 · NY 83-93 BOS
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Amir Johnson flagrant foul type 1 (Carmelo Anthony draws the foul)
Q3 6:18 · NY 53-59 BOS
- Technical
Isaiah Thomas technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 5:00 · NY 59-60 BOS
- Turnover
Tyler Zeller bad pass
Q4 1:16 · NY 87-95 BOS
📊The numbers
| NY | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 16% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 13 | Assists | 20 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
