⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 18 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, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 31- A 12-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 35 in the second quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Brad Miller technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:43 · SAC 36-71 BOS
- Technical
Jason Thompson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:46 · SAC 58-101 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 11:38 · SAC 17-29 BOS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 35
Q2 0:03 · SAC 34-69 BOS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 36-point lead to 48
Q4 6:58 · SAC 58-106 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 28% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 10 | Assists | 23 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 9 |
