⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 4:46 · PHX 86-69 BOS
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Mickael Pietrus flagrant foul type 1 (Kevin Garnett draws the foul)
Q4 7:09 · PHX 78-60 BOS
- Technical
Double technical foul - Channing Frye and Kevin Garnett
Q4 4:07 · PHX 80-69 BOS
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses technical free throw
Q4 4:07 · PHX 80-69 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q4 7:09 · PHX 78-69 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Garnett technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 4:07 · PHX 80-69 BOS
- Technical
Nate Robinson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:07 · PHX 80-69 BOS
- Technical
Kendrick Perkins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:07 · PHX 80-69 BOS
📊The numbers
| PHX | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 14 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
