⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their two- Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 34-14 off them
- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 28
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:37 · BOS 8-0 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 20
Q4 9:33 · BOS 97-77 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Beno Udrih misses technical free throw
Q2 1:09 · BOS 53-44 SAC
📊The numbers
| BOS | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 12 | Threes made | 2 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 29 | Assists | 19 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 34 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
