⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their six- They went cold, six of 30 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 29 fast break points to 9
- A 18-0 run took them from 4 down to 14 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 4 down to 14 up
Q1 0:09 · TOR 48-34 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q3 5:06 · TOR 88-62 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kawhi Leonard misses technical free throw
Q2 0:10 · TOR 66-45 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jayson Tatum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:10 · TOR 66-45 BOS
📊The numbers
| TOR | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 17 | Threes made | 6 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 33 | Assists | 24 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
