⏱️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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 39- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
- Burned in transition, 8 fast break points to 24
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 9:59 · BKN 13-4 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Nic Claxton offensive foul
Q4 4:57 · BKN 93-100 BOS
- Turnover
Nic Claxton turnover
Q4 4:57 · BKN 93-100 BOS
- Missed FT
Noah Clowney misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:24 · BKN 93-100 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 8:22 · BKN 65-75 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 8:06 · BKN 90-97 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jaylen Brown misses technical free throw
Q1 5:55 · BKN 18-9 BOS
- Turnover
Derrick White lost ball turnover
Q4 5:00 · BKN 93-100 BOS
📊The numbers
| BKN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 14 | Threes made | 19 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
