⏱️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 and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their seven- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 38
- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 7
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Patty Mills misses technical free throw
Q2 0:11 · BKN 50-67 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Robert Williams III technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:11 · BKN 50-67 BOS
📊The numbers
| BKN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 7 | Threes made | 17 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 28 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
