⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
-10Q118-30
+5Q235-32
-13Q325-35
-5Q423-29
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, 21 of 46 from three
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 18-9 off them
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
7Threes made21
22%Three-point accuracy46%
14Offensive rebounds6
18Points off turnovers9
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q3 6:51 · ATL 65-85 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 7 | Threes made | 21 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 29 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
