⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 10 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
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 21 free throws to their eleven- Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 42
- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 25, and were outscored 27-9 off them
- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 32
- A 13-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 31 in the fourth 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 23-point deficit to 15
Q4 11:30 · BOS 72-87 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Jayson Tatum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:00 · BOS 51-60 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q3 6:23 · BOS 58-70 TOR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q3 3:12 · BOS 61-80 TOR
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 31
Q4 3:59 · BOS 77-108 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 19 | Assists | 22 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 25 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 16 |
| 12 | Blocks | 2 |
