⏱️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
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 11:38 · BKN 66-70 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Spencer Dinwiddie misses technical free throw
Q1 1:07 · BKN 31-31 BOS
- Technical
Jacque Vaughn technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:10 · BKN 99-109 BOS
- Turnover
Spencer Dinwiddie bad pass
Q4 4:20 · BKN 102-110 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 9:15 · BKN 41-45 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 1:05 · BKN 58-70 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 6:57 · BKN 97-107 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Kristaps Porzingis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 1:07 · BKN 31-31 BOS
📊The numbers
| BKN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 17 | Threes made | 15 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
