⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 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
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 7:20 · HOU 15-22 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q4 11:14 · HOU 72-93 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 28
Q4 4:54 · HOU 79-107 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Kristaps Porzingis flopping technical foul
Q2 1:42 · HOU 51-55 BOS
📊The numbers
| HOU | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 19 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 9 | Assists | 20 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
