⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 7:34 · BOS 24-12 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Grant Williams misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q4 5:06 · BOS 116-103 DEN
- Missed FT
Grant Williams misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Q4 5:06 · BOS 116-103 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Michael Porter Jr. flagrant foul type 1
Q4 9:57 · BOS 102-93 DEN
- Flagrant
Aaron Gordon flagrant foul type 1
Q4 5:06 · BOS 116-103 DEN
- Technical
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:39 · BOS 119-107 DEN
📊The numbers
| BOS | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 16 | Threes made | 12 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 30 | Assists | 26 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
