⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 35
- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 21-13 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 10:11 · BOS 12-2 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 28
Q2 9:07 · BOS 50-22 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 33
Q2 4:35 · BOS 62-29 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 27
Q2 1:43 · BOS 67-40 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q3 8:20 · BOS 73-55 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Pascal Siakam technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:08 · BOS 73-55 TOR
📊The numbers
| BOS | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 37 | Assists | 21 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
