⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 21-4 off them- Won the second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 8:26 · MEM 47-40 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q3 7:05 · MEM 77-62 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q4 9:59 · MEM 97-77 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Jerryd Bayless technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 6:35 · MEM 43-38 BOS
- Missed FT
Jerryd Bayless misses technical free throw
Q4 11:33 · MEM 85-73 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 11:07 · MEM 2-12 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 0:40 · MEM 31-36 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Jordan Crawford technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 11:33 · MEM 85-73 BOS
- Missed FT
Jason Terry misses free throw 2 of 3
Q4 0:08 · MEM 108-105 BOS
- Turnover
Jeff Green out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:02 · MEM 110-106 BOS
📊The numbers
| MEM | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 9 |
