⏱️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
▼ PHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their twelve- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 28
- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 42
- A 17-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 19 in the fourth quarter
- Made five threes 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.
Celtics
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q1 9:11 · BOS 16-11 PHI
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up
Q2 2:06 · BOS 64-51 PHI
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 19
Q4 7:55 · BOS 108-89 PHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Jayson Tatum technical foul
Q3 7:00 · BOS 68-56 PHI
76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 10:58 · BOS 4-11 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 14 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 28 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 20 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
