⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made 25 threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, 25 of 54 from three
- A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 21-12 off them
- Beaten inside, 30 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q2 0:34 · BOS 70-64 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q4 2:08 · BOS 120-114 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Garrison Mathews technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:54 · BOS 72-65 ATL
📊The numbers
| BOS | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 25 | Threes made | 11 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 33 | Assists | 27 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
