⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 27- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their six, and outscored them 18-10 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q4 2:36 · BOS 119-93 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Jayson Tatum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:25 · BOS 88-80 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 2:23 · BOS 25-32 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 14 | Threes made | 10 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 2 | Steals | 3 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
