⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their sixteen- A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 15-4 off them
- Burned in transition, 7 fast break points to 27
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q1 0:51 · TOR 26-35 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q4 8:59 · TOR 83-93 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 13 | Threes made | 12 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 24 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
