⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
-2Q115-21
0Q224-28
-2Q322-29
-17Q422-38
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their five- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 40
Key battles
5Threes made13
8Offensive rebounds16
17Assists29
19%Three-point accuracy28%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 1:18 · ORL 39-53 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 13 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 17 | Assists | 29 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
