⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The 76ers got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the 76ers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
They went cold, seven of 29 from three- Won the glass, 41 rebounds to 31
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q4 3:36 · BOS 79-86 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 8:01 · BOS 23-34 PHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dario Saric turnover
Q4 1:53 · BOS 79-86 PHI
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:17 · BOS 79-86 PHI
- Missed FT
T.J. McConnell misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:21 · BOS 80-88 PHI
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 5 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 19 | Steals | 22 |
| 20 | Blocks | 20 |
