⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, eight free throws to their 22
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenny Atkinson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 3:57 · BKN 64-71 BOS
- Technical
Double technical foul - Trevor Booker and Marcus Smart
Q4 9:42 · BKN 74-84 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 10:44 · BKN 2-11 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q3 4:46 · BKN 64-76 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q4 4:43 · BKN 87-107 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 15 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 18 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
