⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their twelve
A 13-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 8 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:52 · TOR 10-2 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 7:46 · TOR 21-8 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 8
Q2 2:31 · TOR 58-50 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Isaiah Thomas technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 2:48 · TOR 98-80 BOS
📊The numbers
| TOR | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 13 | Threes made | 9 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 18 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
