⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 27 from three- Could not get to the line, 30 free throws to their 42
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 26-point deficit to 18
Q4 9:18 · BOS 103-121 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Jayson Tatum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:45 · BOS 47-56 BKN
- Technical
Double technical foul - Marcus Smart and Kevin Durant
Q4 4:04 · BOS 114-133 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 14 | Threes made | 16 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 38 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 29 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
