⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 2 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 35 from three
- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their twenty
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 19-10 off them
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 6 down to 2 up
Q1 9:06 · BOS 11-9 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 6:25 · BOS 47-35 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 9:03 · BOS 72-64 PHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Malcolm Brogdon bad pass
Q4 3:47 · BOS 98-94 PHI
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:22 · BOS 103-97 PHI
- Missed FT
Grant Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:14 · BOS 106-99 PHI
76ers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 7:52 · BOS 11-18 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 5:37 · BOS 98-95 PHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Joel Embiid technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:30 · BOS 49-42 PHI
- Missed FT
James Harden misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:43 · BOS 98-95 PHI
- Missed FT
Joel Embiid misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:25 · BOS 105-99 PHI
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 19 | Threes made | 10 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
