⏱️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
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six- They went cold, six of 27 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q2 0:52 · NY 61-60 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Trey Burke bad pass
Q4 1:55 · NY 106-113 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q3 6:01 · NY 71-81 BOS
- Steal
Jayson Tatum stole it from Trey Burke
Q4 1:55 · NY 106-113 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marcus Smart misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:29 · NY 104-110 BOS
- Turnover
Jayson Tatum traveling
Q4 2:59 · NY 104-111 BOS
📊The numbers
| NY | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 13 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 4 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 14 | Steals | 11 |
| 22 | Blocks | 15 |
