⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 36- Made thirteen threes to their twenty
- They shot well above their usual, twenty of 46 from three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q2 2:39 · BKN 46-57 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 11:33 · BKN 59-63 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q4 2:19 · BKN 110-112 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q2 8:19 · BKN 32-50 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 7:52 · BKN 61-74 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:02 · BKN 105-112 BOS
- Missed FT
Payton Pritchard misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:02 · BKN 113-115 BOS
📊The numbers
| BKN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 20 | Threes made | 13 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 34 | Assists | 29 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
