⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
-7Q135-37
+4Q236-30
-2Q324-23
0Q430-27
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Burned in transition, 6 fast break points to 18- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
9Blocks2
6Fast break points18
6Offensive rebounds13
18Points off turnovers9
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 2:22 · BOS 120-115 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 17 | Threes made | 13 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 33 | Assists | 24 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
