⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
They went cold, seven of 46 from three- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 43
- Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 32
- A 12-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 37 in the fourth quarter
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
Jaylen Brown technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:17 · BOS 56-80 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 6:11 · BOS 29-44 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q3 11:47 · BOS 35-58 NY
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 37
Q4 5:49 · BOS 64-101 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 30% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 12 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 15 | Assists | 22 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
