⏱️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
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- They went cold, five of 24 from three
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q3 4:03 · BOS 74-67 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Shammond Williams Technical Foul
Q4 3:56 · BOS 94-81 MEM
- Technical
Antoine Walker Technical Foul
Q4 3:15 · BOS 94-83 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 3:44 · BOS 94-89 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gordan Giricek missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 3:56 · BOS 94-81 MEM
- Missed FT
Gordan Giricek missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:50 · BOS 94-88 MEM
📊The numbers
| BOS | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
