⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made 23 threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, 23 of 42 from three
- A 20-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 23 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their six, and outscored them 26-11 off them
- Beaten inside, 42 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.
Hawks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 6:12 · ATL 26-15 BOS
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 23
Q1 1:52 · ATL 50-27 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q3 4:53 · ATL 94-67 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 18
Q3 3:48 · ATL 94-76 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Marcus Smart technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:56 · ATL 64-41 BOS
- Technical
Jayson Tatum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:31 · ATL 107-83 BOS
📊The numbers
| ATL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 23 | Threes made | 8 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
