⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
-2Q125-26
+13Q233-17
+12Q340-27
+3Q418-16
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their ten- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 15-2 off them
Key battles
2Points off turnovers15
11Steals3
6Turnovers17
21Threes made10
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 21 | Threes made | 10 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 23 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
