⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their ten
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 took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 0:53 · BOS 26-25 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 10:47 · BOS 74-76 POR
- Steal
Al Horford stole it from Maurice Harkless
Q4 1:35 · BOS 86-93 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marcus Smart misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:28 · BOS 89-95 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 8:14 · BOS 32-39 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Maurice Harkless bad pass
Q4 1:35 · BOS 86-93 POR
📊The numbers
| BOS | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 14 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
