⏱️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
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first 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
Made fourteen threes to their one- They went cold, one of twelve from three
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 4:03 · BOS 23-12 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 5:59 · BOS 69-48 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q3 9:23 · BOS 61-45 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 14 | Threes made | 1 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 8% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 7 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 12 | Steals | 14 |
| 24 | Blocks | 17 |
