⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 6:30 · BOS 95-79 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marcus Smart misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q2 7:27 · BOS 41-32 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 0:04 · BOS 33-31 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
OG Anunoby misses technical free throw
Q1 2:58 · BOS 26-19 TOR
- Flagrant
Malachi Flynn flagrant foul type 1
Q2 7:27 · BOS 41-32 TOR
📊The numbers
| BOS | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 20 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
