⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 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 18-0 run from level to 18 points up 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q2 11:11 · BOS 33-31 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q3 9:45 · BOS 59-52 SAC
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run from level to 18 points up
Q4 10:37 · BOS 93-75 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Jerryd Bayless and Isaiah Thomas
Q4 5:11 · BOS 93-77 SAC
- Technical
Gerald Wallace technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 0:43 · BOS 99-88 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 24 | Assists | 17 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
