⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. 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, 13 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 29- Made fifteen threes to their 21
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their twelve, and outscored them 29-15 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q1 0:34 · ATL 38-37 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 6:20 · ATL 59-53 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q2 5:05 · ATL 70-56 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
De'Andre Hunter misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:22 · ATL 116-111 BOS
- Turnover
De'Andre Hunter bad pass
Q4 1:06 · ATL 124-121 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 2:58 · ATL 70-64 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 9:59 · ATL 79-79 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q3 1:19 · ATL 100-99 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jayson Tatum misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:30 · ATL 128-121 BOS
📊The numbers
| ATL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 15 | Threes made | 21 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 29 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 24 | Assists | 31 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 0 |
