⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made 23 threes to their fifteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 31-6 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 4
- A 13-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 29 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 29
Q4 9:19 · BOS 107-78 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 31
Q4 5:16 · BOS 117-86 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 37
Q4 2:34 · BOS 127-90 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Jayson Tatum technical foul
Q2 1:47 · BOS 50-50 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 23 | Threes made | 15 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 35 | Assists | 25 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
