⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 40- Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 4
- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 26
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 3:21 · BOS 52-44 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaylen Brown technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:51 · BOS 68-53 HOU
- Technical
Robert Williams III technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 11:35 · BOS 84-70 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 9:21 · BOS 37-38 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q3 2:23 · BOS 77-67 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 17 | Threes made | 12 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 35 | Assists | 26 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 32 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
