⏱️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
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q4 10:29 · BOS 102-90 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Al Horford technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:24 · BOS 72-73 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q1 4:31 · BOS 23-20 BKN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q3 8:00 · BOS 68-71 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 13 | Threes made | 13 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 29 | Assists | 20 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 16 | Blocks | 5 |
