⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 2
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 took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 9:57 · BOS 38-35 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 2:45 · BOS 61-58 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 4:45 · BOS 90-78 PHI
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Al Horford flagrant foul type 1
Q1 8:24 · BOS 9-3 PHI
- Technical
Marcus Smart technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 11:41 · BOS 63-63 PHI
- Technical
Jayson Tatum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:11 · BOS 115-103 PHI

76ers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 8:49 · BOS 9-11 PHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 4:08 · BOS 17-25 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 6:55 · BOS 43-47 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 12 | Threes made | 13 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 24 | Assists | 16 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |

