⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets 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
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their fourteen- Kept giving it away, eleven turnovers to their three, and outscored them 17-2 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 6:21 · BOS 77-69 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jaylen Brown misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:27 · BOS 98-101 DEN
- Missed FT
Jaylen Brown misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:27 · BOS 98-101 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 10:58 · BOS 5-8 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 3:17 · BOS 82-81 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Murray misses technical free throw
Q2 7:44 · BOS 43-40 DEN
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:15 · BOS 100-101 DEN
📊The numbers
| BOS | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 0 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
