⏱️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
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 39- They shot well above their usual, sixteen of 33 from three
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 6:29 · BOS 16-10 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q3 7:57 · BOS 60-57 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q4 5:50 · BOS 89-85 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Marcus Smart out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 2:22 · BOS 91-88 NY
- Turnover
Jayson Tatum bad pass
Q4 1:40 · BOS 91-88 NY
- Missed FT
Jaylen Brown misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:19 · BOS 97-93 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 10:38 · BOS 24-27 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q3 9:52 · BOS 50-57 NY
- Ties it
RJ Barrett hit a 28-foot three jumper, Julius Randle with the assist
Q4 0:54 · BOS 93-93 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nerlens Noel misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:40 · BOS 91-88 NY
- Turnover
RJ Barrett bad pass
Q4 1:05 · BOS 91-90 NY
📊The numbers
| BOS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 15 | Threes made | 16 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
