⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 21
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q2 0:51 · CHA 45-52 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Miles Bridges technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:50 · CHA 74-90 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 5:56 · CHA 11-20 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q2 3:07 · CHA 37-52 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Jayson Tatum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:55 · CHA 51-66 BOS
📊The numbers
| CHA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 29 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
