⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 42 from three
- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Trae Young and Marcus Smart
Q4 1:25 · ATL 121-129 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 8:22 · ATL 16-23 BOS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q2 10:07 · ATL 40-51 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jayson Tatum offensive foul
Q4 4:07 · ATL 111-119 BOS
- Turnover
Jayson Tatum turnover
Q4 4:07 · ATL 111-119 BOS
- Missed FT
Jayson Tatum misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:08 · ATL 125-133 BOS
📊The numbers
| ATL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 10 | Threes made | 20 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 24 | Assists | 35 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
