⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 7:15 · CHA 9-15 BOS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q1 0:00 · CHA 21-37 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 12 | Threes made | 14 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 19 | Assists | 23 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
