⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 35 from three
- A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 35
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 6:22 · BOS 21-13 PHI
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q2 7:28 · BOS 43-33 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 17 | Threes made | 5 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 4 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 21 | Blocks | 19 |
