⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 28-12 off them- They shot well above their usual, fourteen of 32 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 4:30 · HOU 43-47 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q3 9:41 · HOU 55-65 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 14 | Threes made | 15 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
