⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 34
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:36 · TOR 10-0 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q1 9:48 · TOR 10-9 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 4:58 · TOR 14-22 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Assists | 26 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
