⏱️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
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen- Lost the glass, 34 rebounds to 44
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q3 6:20 · BOS 99-79 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jayson Tatum misses technical free throw
Q1 9:12 · BOS 11-9 NY
- Technical
Jaylen Brown technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:19 · BOS 119-106 NY
- Technical
Jaylen Brown technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:19 · BOS 119-107 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q3 1:40 · BOS 106-95 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 19 | Threes made | 15 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 28 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
