⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 36 from three
- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 21
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 7:31 · DEN 66-66 BOS
- Steal
Will Barton stole it from Kyrie Irving
Q4 1:35 · DEN 104-108 BOS
- Ties it
Jamal Murray hit a 9-foot two point shot, Gary Harris with the assist
Q4 0:43 · DEN 108-108 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Mason Plumlee technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:45 · DEN 42-55 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 4:17 · DEN 15-24 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q2 10:39 · DEN 25-44 BOS
- Winner
Jaylen Brown hit a three jumper, Al Horford with the assist
Q4 0:34 · DEN 108-111 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 3:15 · DEN 100-103 BOS
- Turnover
Kyrie Irving lost ball turnover
Q4 1:35 · DEN 104-108 BOS
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:59 · DEN 106-108 BOS
📊The numbers
| DEN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 3 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 4 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 14 | Blocks | 19 |
