⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 35
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 1:39 · BOS 28-18 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q4 3:27 · BOS 106-88 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 13 | Threes made | 11 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 18 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
