⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 12 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
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 13 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 13
Q4 8:46 · BOS 104-117 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 10:56 · BOS 4-12 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q1 0:50 · BOS 23-38 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 27
Q4 10:04 · BOS 90-117 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Max Christie misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:07 · BOS 118-126 DAL
📊The numbers
| BOS | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 16 | Threes made | 15 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 30 | Assists | 32 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 2 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
