⏱️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
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their eighteen- Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to nine
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 1 down to 7 up
Q1 10:22 · BOS 12-5 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 1:36 · BOS 38-30 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kristaps Porzingis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:31 · BOS 81-65 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 4:28 · BOS 27-27 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q2 1:10 · BOS 66-57 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 15
Q4 3:55 · BOS 116-101 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 19 | Threes made | 15 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 26 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 0 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
