⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 43 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 25, and were outscored 27-17 off them
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2 in the first 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 stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q4 10:55 · BOS 99-76 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jaylen Brown misses technical free throw
Q4 7:50 · BOS 96-76 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2
Q1 3:44 · BOS 33-31 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 8:49 · BOS 70-63 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 4:43 · BOS 44-38 NY
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 4:43 · BOS 44-38 NY
- Technical
Joakim Noah technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 1:59 · BOS 81-69 NY
📊The numbers
| BOS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 16 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 11 |
