⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their thirteen- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their nine
A 16-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 3 in the fourth 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q2 10:02 · BOS 23-38 MEM
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 3
Q4 1:43 · BOS 93-96 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Gerald Wallace technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 6:56 · BOS 68-83 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q1 3:14 · BOS 13-29 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jerryd Bayless misses technical free throw
Q4 6:56 · BOS 68-83 MEM
- Turnover
Tayshaun Prince traveling
Q4 0:44 · BOS 83-90 MEM
📊The numbers
| BOS | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 14 | Assists | 24 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 1 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
