⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- They went cold, seven of 32 from three
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 36
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 31-14 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 cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q1 0:00 · BOS 31-36 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q3 8:14 · BOS 67-70 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaylen Brown technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:19 · BOS 45-53 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 6:51 · BOS 37-49 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 9:29 · BOS 58-70 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 6:13 · BOS 67-78 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 18 | Assists | 27 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
