⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
A 16-0 run took them from 1 down to 15 up in the second quarter
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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 1 down to 15 up
Q2 9:07 · BOS 46-31 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q2 1:50 · BOS 63-38 SAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Leandro Barbosa flagrant foul type 1 (Tyreke Evans draws the foul)
Q4 10:21 · BOS 82-65 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 13 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
