⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 36 from three
- Could not get to the line, eight free throws to their 24
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 4 down to 4 up
Q2 10:29 · BOS 37-33 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 2:18 · BOS 61-46 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 7:10 · BOS 103-86 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 17 | Threes made | 11 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 18 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
