⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth 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
Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 4
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
- Steal
Trae Young stole it from Marcus Smart
Q4 0:30 · ATL 119-126 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bogdan Bogdanovic misses free throw 3 of 3
Q4 0:24 · ATL 120-126 BOS
- Turnover
De'Andre Hunter out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:18 · ATL 120-126 BOS
- Turnover
Trae Young bad pass
Q4 0:07 · ATL 120-128 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 2:37 · ATL 62-66 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q4 4:50 · ATL 113-121 BOS
- Steal
Jayson Tatum stole it from Trae Young
Q4 0:07 · ATL 120-128 BOS
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Al Horford flagrant foul type 1
Q3 7:59 · ATL 75-76 BOS
- Turnover
Marcus Smart bad pass
Q4 0:30 · ATL 119-126 BOS
📊The numbers
| ATL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 15 | Threes made | 18 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 24 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 10 |