⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 9 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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 10- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 5:58 · BOS 16-12 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 3:57 · BOS 43-34 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 7:07 · BOS 90-70 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 7:50 · BOS 27-32 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
O.J. Mayo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:16 · BOS 85-70 MEM
📊The numbers
| BOS | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 28 | Assists | 13 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
