⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 2:55 · BKN 58-63 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 9:06 · BKN 68-80 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 5:20 · BKN 101-126 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaylen Brown technical foul
Q2 8:59 · BKN 38-37 BOS
- Missed FT
Jayson Tatum misses technical free throw
Q2 1:48 · BKN 58-60 BOS
📊The numbers
| BKN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 19 | Threes made | 22 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 35 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
