⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the first quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q2 0:26 · PHX 48-53 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 6:47 · PHX 76-95 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q1 11:41 · PHX 0-13 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 0:14 · PHX 68-87 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q4 6:20 · PHX 76-106 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
