⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their seven- A 13-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 29 in the fourth quarter
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their six
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q3 5:12 · BOS 85-68 ORL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 29
Q4 11:41 · BOS 101-72 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 0:00 · BOS 34-35 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwayne Bacon technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:17 · BOS 51-42 ORL
📊The numbers
| BOS | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 17 | Threes made | 7 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 25 | Assists | 14 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
