⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 23-12 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 stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q2 2:57 · BOS 57-33 SAC
- Steal
Rajon Rondo stole it from Beno Udrih
Q4 0:28 · BOS 94-86 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Glen Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:15 · BOS 72-54 SAC
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:33 · BOS 89-81 SAC
- Technical
Kevin Garnett technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:10 · BOS 92-83 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 15
Q3 2:32 · BOS 72-57 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Spencer Hawes technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 6:37 · BOS 10-9 SAC
- Turnover
Beno Udrih lost ball
Q4 0:28 · BOS 94-86 SAC
📊The numbers
| BOS | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 1 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 8% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
