⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 33- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 32-2 off them
- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 26
- A 13-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 33 in the fourth quarter
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 4:28 · BOS 28-19 CHA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 33
Q4 9:36 · BOS 111-78 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 35
Q4 2:19 · BOS 131-96 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 20
Q3 4:51 · BOS 90-70 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 14 | Threes made | 15 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 34 | Assists | 20 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 32 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
