⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their eight- Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 21
- A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18 in the first quarter
- Beaten inside, 48 points in the paint to 72
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18
Q1 0:55 · BOS 43-25 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 29
Q3 4:02 · BOS 96-67 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 20 | Threes made | 8 |
| 51% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 23 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 72 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
