⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 30 from three- A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 32
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 17-5 off them
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 cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q4 2:18 · BOS 106-110 NY
- Steal
Jaylen Brown stole it from Tim Hardaway Jr.
Q4 0:36 · BOS 108-112 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jaylen Brown misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:34 · BOS 109-112 NY
- Technical
Jaylen Brown technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:34 · BOS 108-112 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q2 10:44 · BOS 24-40 NY
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21
Q3 1:19 · BOS 71-92 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tim Hardaway Jr. lost ball turnover
Q4 0:36 · BOS 108-112 NY
- Missed FT
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses technical free throw
Q4 0:34 · BOS 108-112 NY
📊The numbers
| BOS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 15 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 25 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 9 | Blocks | 11 |
