⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 22 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen
- A 18-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 25 in the third quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:53 · BOS 8-2 PHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q3 11:12 · BOS 65-55 PHI
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 25
Q3 7:50 · BOS 83-58 PHI
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Derrick White flagrant foul type 1
Q4 9:47 · BOS 93-65 PHI
76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 8:32 · BOS 8-10 PHI
Bad plays
- Flagrant
James Harden flagrant foul type 1
Q2 8:26 · BOS 27-35 PHI
- Technical
Double technical foul - Georges Niang and Jaylen Brown
Q2 6:50 · BOS 33-35 PHI
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 15 | Threes made | 8 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 15 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |