⏱️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
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 34- A 20-0 run took them from 5 down to 15 up in the first 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
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run took them from 5 down to 15 up
Q1 0:31 · BOS 42-27 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q2 6:01 · BOS 45-37 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Isaiah Jackson and Sam Hauser
Q4 6:45 · BOS 104-89 IND
📊The numbers
| BOS | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 15 | Threes made | 11 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 23 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
