⏱️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
▲ POR better than we expected
-2Q128-37
-1Q224-29
+4Q323-22
-7Q424-33
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, three turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 19-4 off them- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 44
Key battles
19Points off turnovers4
8Fast break points23
11Turnovers3
3Steals7
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q2 5:18 · POR 50-56 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:46 · POR 7-13 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 15 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 34 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 10 |
