⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of 25 from three- Lost the glass, 30 rebounds to 48
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q2 10:42 · BOS 44-36 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q4 10:51 · BOS 108-96 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:28 · BOS 118-110 DEN
- Missed FT
Kyrie Irving misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:27 · BOS 122-115 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 11:25 · BOS 6-9 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 4:37 · BOS 21-28 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mason Plumlee turnover
Q4 1:22 · BOS 118-110 DEN
📊The numbers
| BOS | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 7 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 13 | Steals | 15 |
| 20 | Blocks | 20 |
