⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 22-8 off them- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 40
- A 15-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 3 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.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 9:32 · POR 43-28 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Al-Farouq Aminu lost ball turnover
Q4 2:11 · POR 104-106 BOS
- Turnover
Damian Lillard turnover
Q4 1:27 · POR 104-110 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 3
Q2 2:32 · POR 55-52 BOS
- Steal
Marcus Smart stole it from Al-Farouq Aminu
Q4 2:11 · POR 104-106 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Isaiah Thomas technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 6:47 · POR 43-30 BOS
- Turnover
Isaiah Thomas out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 4:31 · POR 100-102 BOS
📊The numbers
| POR | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
