⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
+2Q128-21
-1Q231-32
+4Q324-19
0Q430-28
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 39
Key battles
5Blocks1
14Offensive rebounds6
15Fast break points9
12Threes made8
🏀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 stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q4 8:15 · BOS 103-81 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 12 | Threes made | 8 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 28 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
