⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their 26- Won the glass, 40 rebounds to 26
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 38-22 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q3 8:07 · PHX 67-80 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Grant Hill misses technical free throw
Q2 10:45 · PHX 33-38 BOS
- Technical
Steve Nash technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:18 · PHX 51-59 BOS
- Technical
Shaquille O'Neal technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:48 · PHX 88-104 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q2 3:53 · PHX 51-66 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 11:18 · PHX 57-76 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 3:00 · PHX 105-126 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 63% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 38 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
