⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 2 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 24-12 off them
- Won the second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to five
- A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 10:45 · MEM 12-2 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 7:37 · MEM 66-66 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:05 · MEM 95-89 BOS
- Turnover
Jason Williams Bad Pass. Stolen by Antoine Walker.
Q4 0:55 · MEM 97-95 BOS
- Turnover
Grant Long Bad Pass. Stolen by Kenny Anderson.
Q4 0:13 · MEM 97-98 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 2:39 · MEM 49-50 BOS
- Ties it
Rodney Rogers made Jumper.
Q4 0:15 · MEM 97-97 BOS
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up
Q4 1:40 · MEM 97-103 BOS
Bad plays
- Goaltend
Defensive Goaltending
Q4 1:40 · MEM 97-95 BOS
- Turnover
Paul Pierce Offensive Foul
Q4 0:48 · MEM 97-95 BOS
- Turnover
Paul Pierce Foul
Q4 0:48 · MEM 97-95 BOS
📊The numbers
| MEM | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 17 |
| 11 | Blocks | 2 |
