⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 38
- A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Ime Udoka technical foul
Q3 0:01 · HOU 63-81 BOS
- Technical
Ime Udoka technical foul
Q3 0:01 · HOU 63-82 BOS
- Technical
Alperen Sengun technical foul
Q4 6:03 · HOU 78-103 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q1 2:18 · HOU 17-23 BOS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q3 9:00 · HOU 48-67 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Derrick White technical foul
Q3 3:32 · HOU 53-77 BOS
- Missed FT
Payton Pritchard misses technical free throw
Q4 6:03 · HOU 78-103 BOS
📊The numbers
| HOU | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 19 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 16 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
