⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 27 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17 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.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 8:45 · BOS 12-11 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q1 4:20 · BOS 23-20 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 15
Q4 10:17 · BOS 85-100 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Isaiah Thomas technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 3:55 · BOS 62-84 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 11:22 · BOS 4-11 CHA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17
Q2 6:50 · BOS 39-56 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q3 1:42 · BOS 72-96 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 17 | Assists | 23 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
