⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth 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 Raptors did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 39 from three
- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 32
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen
- Beaten inside, 32 points in the paint to 58
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 7-point lead to 18
Q4 4:42 · BOS 113-95 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaylen Brown technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:46 · BOS 75-63 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q4 9:53 · BOS 96-91 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 20 | Threes made | 9 |
| 51% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 30 | Assists | 26 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
