⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made twenty 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 stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 1:37 · BOS 92-78 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q4 4:52 · BOS 118-97 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kevin Porter Jr. flagrant foul type 1
Q3 6:55 · BOS 65-62 HOU
📊The numbers
| BOS | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 20 | Threes made | 14 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 32 | Assists | 24 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
