⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 38- Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 38
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 8:08 · MEM 15-7 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 8:59 · MEM 95-79 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 7:00 · MEM 103-82 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Assists | 22 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
