⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their ten- Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 21-5 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 9
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q3 3:57 · BOS 66-82 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaylen Brown technical foul
Q3 0:11 · BOS 68-87 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:44 · BOS 0-8 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q1 0:09 · BOS 23-40 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q4 7:59 · BOS 77-104 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 19 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 26 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 1 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
