⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:03 · DAL 39-51 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 9:36 · DAL 64-79 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jaylen Brown misses technical free throw
Q2 5:03 · DAL 39-51 BOS
📊The numbers
| DAL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 14 | Threes made | 15 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 24 | Assists | 26 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
