⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- They went cold, eleven of 47 from three
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 23-10 off them
- Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 50
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 cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q3 7:39 · BOS 59-74 DAL
- Steal
Jayson Tatum stole it from Josh Richardson
Q4 0:19 · BOS 105-109 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marcus Smart misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:05 · BOS 108-111 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 3:55 · BOS 16-26 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q2 3:48 · BOS 37-56 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:31 · BOS 98-104 DAL
- Missed FT
Luka Doncic misses free throw 1 of 3
Q4 0:56 · BOS 98-104 DAL
- Turnover
Josh Richardson lost ball turnover
Q4 0:19 · BOS 105-109 DAL
📊The numbers
| BOS | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 19 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
