⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their six- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 24-9 off them
- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Mo Bamba technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:30 · ORL 64-80 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 10:16 · ORL 2-13 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 26
Q3 9:18 · ORL 50-76 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 28-point lead to 36
Q4 2:04 · ORL 96-132 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 6 | Threes made | 21 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 13 | Assists | 28 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
