⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- A 15-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 17 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 39
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 17
Q1 5:07 · BOS 30-13 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q3 11:47 · BOS 69-42 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 35 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Assists | 18 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
