⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 42 points inside to 24
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 13-point lead to 22
Q3 0:01 · BOS 82-60 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 5:36 · BOS 13-19 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 1:08 · BOS 21-31 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 12 | Threes made | 11 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 13 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
