⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their six- Ran them off the floor, 29 fast break points to 10
- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 35
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
- Missed FT
Mike Miller misses technical free throw
Q3 7:56 · MEM 43-64 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q1 4:37 · MEM 11-29 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q3 10:23 · MEM 40-62 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Kendrick Perkins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:56 · MEM 43-64 BOS
📊The numbers
| MEM | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 6 | Threes made | 15 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 14 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 29 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
