⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 34 from three
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 29
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q3 9:43 · CHA 62-64 BOS
- Steal
Nicolas Batum stole it from Kyrie Irving
Q4 2:26 · CHA 88-95 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Nicolas Batum bad pass
Q4 2:34 · CHA 88-95 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 11:12 · CHA 1-8 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q1 7:21 · CHA 6-19 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 1:29 · CHA 77-83 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kyrie Irving bad pass
Q4 2:26 · CHA 88-95 BOS
📊The numbers
| CHA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 15 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 3 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 11 | Steals | 15 |
| 11 | Blocks | 20 |
