⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 43- Went cold from three, six of 36
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 28
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q3 2:07 · BOS 65-62 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 4 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 22 | Blocks | 15 |
