⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 33 from three
- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 24
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 5:13 · ATL 83-87 BOS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q4 5:41 · ATL 118-104 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kent Bazemore turnover
Q4 2:56 · ATL 110-103 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Isaiah Thomas lost ball turnover
Q4 3:26 · ATL 107-103 BOS
📊The numbers
| ATL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 17 | Threes made | 11 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Assists | 26 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 10 | Blocks | 6 |
