⏱️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
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twenty
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q2 4:41 · ORL 48-46 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Wendell Carter Jr. out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 1:08 · ORL 94-101 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q1 5:45 · ORL 18-21 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
8 second turnover
Q4 1:25 · ORL 94-101 BOS
- Technical
Double technical foul - Jayson Tatum and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Q4 0:45 · ORL 94-101 BOS
📊The numbers
| ORL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 17 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
