⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their six- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 35-9 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 35 fast break points to 4
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 11:02 · ATL 41-38 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Garrison Mathews technical foul
Q2 7:08 · ATL 44-51 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q2 8:23 · ATL 44-52 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q2 5:22 · ATL 49-67 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 32
Q3 7:39 · ATL 60-92 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 18 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 27 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 35 |
| 35 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 15 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
