⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 43- Made thirteen threes to their nineteen
A 13-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 6 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 stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 8:18 · BOS 48-36 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q1 0:55 · BOS 33-29 ATL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 6
Q3 5:27 · BOS 83-77 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Trae Young technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 8:18 · BOS 11-4 ATL
- Technical
Wesley Matthews technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 1:42 · BOS 28-21 ATL
📊The numbers
| BOS | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 13 | Threes made | 19 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 15 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
