⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies fell 12 points behind 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
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
A 16-0 run took them from 12 down to 4 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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 12 down to 4 up
Q4 10:45 · MEM 101-97 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Pau Gasol Traveling
Q4 4:33 · MEM 106-102 BOS
- Missed FT
Stromile Swift missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 3:15 · MEM 110-105 BOS
- Missed FT
Shane Battier missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:12 · MEM 114-107 BOS

Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 1:19 · MEM 28-38 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot Clock Violation
Q4 2:48 · MEM 110-105 BOS
📊The numbers
| MEM | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 10 | Blocks | 7 |








