⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made 29 threes to their eleven- Looked after the ball, four turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 19-2 off them
A 12-0 run cut a 35-point deficit to 23 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 7:36 · BOS 21-12 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q1 3:57 · BOS 32-17 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q1 1:45 · BOS 40-20 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 35-point deficit to 23
Q4 6:37 · BOS 130-107 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mikal Bridges misses technical free throw
Q3 10:55 · BOS 80-55 NY
📊The numbers
| BOS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 29 | Threes made | 11 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 33 | Assists | 20 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 2 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
