⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their nineteen
- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their nine
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Brad Stevens technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:55 · BOS 41-38 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 4:21 · BOS 70-82 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q4 11:18 · BOS 79-95 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 6:32 · BOS 88-108 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 8 | Threes made | 15 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 10 |
