⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics fell 14 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 23 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their twenty- A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 20
Q4 5:24 · IND 109-129 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - T.J. McConnell and Jordan Walsh
Q3 1:24 · IND 87-111 BOS
- Technical
Double technical foul - Quenton Jackson and Luka Garza
Q4 8:18 · IND 98-120 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 11:49 · IND 39-37 BOS
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q2 7:45 · IND 48-57 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 18 | Threes made | 20 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 51% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 29 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
