⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 29 from three- Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their seven
- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 36
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 23-9 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Joe Mazzulla technical foul
Q3 9:07 · BOS 50-69 HOU
- Technical
Chris Boucher flopping technical foul
Q3 8:41 · BOS 50-72 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q1 1:54 · BOS 24-40 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 33
Q4 9:12 · BOS 78-111 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 14 | Threes made | 19 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 66% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 30 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 11 |
