⏱️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
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second 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 Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 34 from three
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 5:42 · BOS 26-14 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q2 7:35 · BOS 50-38 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q3 2:53 · BOS 98-82 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 17 | Threes made | 11 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 29 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
