⏱️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 second 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their seventeen- Won the second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to six
- Made five threes to their eleven
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up in the third quarter
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
- Turnover
Kevin Martin bad pass
Q4 1:08 · SAC 109-105 BOS
- Turnover
Brad Miller bad pass
Q4 0:17 · SAC 113-105 BOS
- Missed FT
Kenny Thomas misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:12 · SAC 114-107 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up
Q3 5:07 · SAC 81-82 BOS
- Steal
Ricky Davis stole it from Kevin Martin
Q4 1:08 · SAC 109-105 BOS
- Steal
Paul Pierce stole it from Brad Miller
Q4 0:17 · SAC 113-105 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ricky Davis bad pass
Q4 3:27 · SAC 104-98 BOS
- Turnover
Marcus Banks offensive foul (Jason Hart draws the foul)
Q4 2:25 · SAC 107-101 BOS
- Turnover
Marcus Banks turnover
Q4 2:25 · SAC 107-101 BOS
📊The numbers
| SAC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
