⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
-1Q127-25
-12Q221-31
-5Q326-30
+4Q428-25
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
They went cold, fourteen of 46 from three
Key battles
10Points off turnovers20
5Fast break points9
3Blocks6
30%Three-point accuracy41%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 5:06 · BOS 43-51 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 14 | Threes made | 16 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 27 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
