⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
+2Q134-31
-15Q220-32
+1Q329-25
-8Q423-29
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 33- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 29
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their three, and outscored them 26-4 off them
Key battles
4Points off turnovers26
3Turnovers16
8Steals2
9Offensive rebounds18
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q4 8:41 · BOS 96-105 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 25 | Assists | 27 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 2 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
