⏱️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
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 29 fast break points to 13
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
Q1 8:04 · BOS 14-4 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Avery Bradley Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover
Q4 3:39 · BOS 98-92 ORL
- Turnover
Avery Bradley bad pass
Q4 3:01 · BOS 98-92 ORL
- Missed FT
Isaiah Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:37 · BOS 100-94 ORL
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 22 | Assists | 15 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
