⏱️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 Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of eighteen from three- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fifteen
Key battles
24%Three-point accuracy61%
17Fast break points8
12Free throws made24
11Points off turnovers6
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- Ties it
Damian Lillard hit a driving layup
Q4 1:45 · POR 96-96 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Damian Lillard bad pass
Q4 2:08 · POR 94-94 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- Steal
Terry Rozier stole it from Damian Lillard
Q4 2:08 · POR 94-94 BOS
- Winner
Jayson Tatum hit a driving layup, Shane Larkin with the assist
Q4 1:29 · POR 96-98 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Al Horford misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:48 · POR 91-90 BOS
📊The numbers
| POR | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 61% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 5 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 8 | Steals | 13 |
| 20 | Blocks | 18 |
