⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 18 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
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 39
- Made eight threes to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:32 · BOS 8-0 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q1 7:37 · BOS 18-1 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q2 6:49 · BOS 50-23 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Jaylen Brown and Dewayne Dedmon
Q4 10:07 · BOS 84-57 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 23
Q3 2:31 · BOS 73-50 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 22
Q4 8:03 · BOS 90-68 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 11 | Blocks | 2 |
