⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 29- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 22-11 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 14
Q3 8:22 · BOS 48-62 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q1 2:10 · BOS 12-30 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 28
Q4 7:15 · BOS 74-102 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
