⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 8:16 · ORL 26-35 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q4 5:37 · ORL 77-100 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 11 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 4 | Assists | 1 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 13 | Steals | 13 |
| 19 | Blocks | 21 |
