⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen
- Went cold from three, two of ten
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ryan Gomes lost ball
Q4 4:45 · BOS 80-79 SAC
- Turnover
Rajon Rondo bad pass
Q4 3:36 · BOS 80-81 SAC
- Missed FT
Al Jefferson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:31 · BOS 84-85 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- Winner
Ron Artest hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:48 · BOS 83-84 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
