⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of fifteen from three- Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their 29
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q3 10:10 · MEM 60-66 BOS
- Technical
Stromile Swift technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:22 · MEM 107-119 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 0:04 · MEM 36-40 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 6:43 · MEM 73-85 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Kendrick Perkins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:36 · MEM 85-92 BOS
- Missed FT
Delonte West misses technical free throw
Q4 5:22 · MEM 107-119 BOS
📊The numbers
| MEM | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 32 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 32 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
