⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 13 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
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 24-13 off them- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q2 2:20 · ATL 62-47 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q4 6:18 · ATL 103-86 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Trae Young technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 4:49 · ATL 13-13 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 7:57 · ATL 68-61 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Richardson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:45 · ATL 76-71 BOS
📊The numbers
| ATL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 12 | Threes made | 7 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 19 | Assists | 15 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 11 | Blocks | 8 |
