⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their five- Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 34
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 16-3 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Bibby Double Technical Foul. Paul Pierce gains possession.
Q3 11:25 · SAC 63-47 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 16 | Threes made | 5 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 37 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 3 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
