⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their two
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q1 0:46 · SAC 22-18 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 14
Q3 11:29 · SAC 39-53 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 9:00 · SAC 24-29 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 5:00 · SAC 27-42 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 10:47 · SAC 61-74 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Kendrick Perkins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:33 · SAC 39-54 BOS
- Technical
Rajon Rondo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:54 · SAC 68-86 BOS
📊The numbers
| SAC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 2 | Threes made | 11 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 70 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 11 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
