⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
They went cold, eight of 31 from three- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their seven
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 9:01 · BOS 16-4 PHI
- Winner
Jayson Tatum hit a 18-foot step back jumper, Al Horford with the assist
Q4 1:53 · BOS 84-82 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q1 1:16 · BOS 21-22 PHI
- Ties it
Joel Embiid hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:14 · BOS 82-82 PHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Joel Embiid misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:14 · BOS 82-82 PHI
- Turnover
Seth Curry steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 1:31 · BOS 84-82 PHI
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 9 |
