⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 33
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 stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 0:25 · BOS 73-59 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 32
Q4 9:14 · BOS 123-91 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 62% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 12 | Threes made | 9 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 4 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 20 | Blocks | 17 |
