⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the third quarter- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q1 2:26 · BOS 28-22 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jaylen Brown misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:18 · BOS 95-99 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q3 3:43 · BOS 72-90 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 11 | Threes made | 13 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 31 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
