⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The 76ers got 14 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
▼ PHI 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 76ers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their eighteen- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 22
- A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up in the second quarter
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 18-point deficit to 10
Q3 8:37 · BOS 58-68 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up
Q2 5:50 · BOS 37-52 PHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q3 6:52 · BOS 58-79 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 14 | Threes made | 9 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 16 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
