⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 23
A 12-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 7 in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 7
Q1 2:16 · NO 20-27 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 11:11 · NO 2-10 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 8:56 · NO 4-18 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 22 | Assists | 31 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 0 | Blocks | 7 |
