⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
+6Q121-21
-3Q227-31
-6Q317-26
-4Q422-27
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
17Offensive rebounds7
17Assists30
2Blocks5
16Fast break points10
🏀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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q3 7:01 · MEM 59-72 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 17 | Assists | 30 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
