⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 33 from three- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 40
- A 14-0 run took them from 11 down to 3 up in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, nineteen 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.
Celtics
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 11 down to 3 up
Q1 5:04 · BOS 25-22 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 8:58 · BOS 42-32 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 22
Q4 4:25 · BOS 119-97 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q4 1:58 · BOS 119-106 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Trae Young misses technical free throw
Q2 8:46 · BOS 36-32 ATL
📊The numbers
| BOS | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 15 | Threes made | 16 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 4 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 12 | Blocks | 4 |
