⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns 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
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 25 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q3 4:07 · BOS 78-93 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Gary Payton Double Technical Foul. Amare Stoudemire gains possession.
Q3 7:09 · BOS 62-82 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:02 · BOS 4-10 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 6:09 · BOS 14-25 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q2 11:37 · BOS 31-49 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 9 | Threes made | 13 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 31 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 13 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
