⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their eight- Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 21-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 4
Q2 0:33 · DAL 55-59 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Spencer Dinwiddie technical foul
Q4 4:07 · DAL 97-110 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 11:28 · DAL 29-33 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 5:34 · DAL 35-49 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 20 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 18 | Assists | 33 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 2 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
