⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 25 rebounds to 7- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 30-10 off them
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q1 0:02 · BOS 33-28 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Nash technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:04 · BOS 50-53 PHX
- Technical
Shaquille O'Neal technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:23 · BOS 79-69 PHX
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 27 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
