⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eleven
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 1 down to 7 up
Q1 8:06 · BOS 18-11 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 2:12 · BOS 91-70 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q3 0:04 · BOS 99-72 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 14
Q4 4:28 · BOS 103-89 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 18 | Threes made | 11 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
