⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets fell 19 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen- Beaten inside, 42 points in the paint to 60
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q1 6:53 · BOS 23-5 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 28
Q2 9:12 · BOS 51-23 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Marcus Smart technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:07 · BOS 68-66 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 19
Q2 7:11 · BOS 51-32 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 11
Q2 2:33 · BOS 60-49 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q2 0:33 · BOS 64-58 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 14 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 25 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
