⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 5:26 · BOS 15-13 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 0:20 · BOS 35-26 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q2 3:16 · BOS 54-52 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Malone technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 2:31 · BOS 20-16 DEN
📊The numbers
| BOS | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 25 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
