⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their eighteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q4 8:51 · PHX 91-86 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Stephon Marbury Bad Pass
Q4 3:05 · PHX 98-90 BOS
- Turnover
Shawn Marion Bad Pass. Stolen by Walter McCarty.
Q4 2:36 · PHX 98-90 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 0:36 · PHX 52-58 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Paul Pierce Offensive Foul
Q4 4:05 · PHX 95-89 BOS
- Turnover
Paul Pierce Foul
Q4 4:05 · PHX 95-89 BOS
- Turnover
Shammond Williams Traveling
Q4 1:43 · PHX 98-90 BOS
📊The numbers
| PHX | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
