⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 31- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 30
- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their sixteen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 4:43 · BOS 20-15 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 5:24 · BOS 67-55 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q4 8:49 · BOS 79-65 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 3:30 · BOS 43-46 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 31% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 15 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 14 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
