⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
They went cold, six of 24 from three- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 41
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their twelve
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 11:23 · BOS 31-25 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Erick Strickland Technical Foul
Q2 1:53 · BOS 45-52 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 1:36 · BOS 23-25 SAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q2 4:33 · BOS 42-45 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 2:52 · BOS 45-55 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
