⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 28
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 1 down to 9 up
Q1 11:11 · BOS 11-2 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jeff Green misses technical free throw
Q1 4:31 · BOS 17-9 SAC
- Flagrant
Tyler Zeller flagrant foul type 1 (DeMarcus Cousins draws the foul)
Q3 5:54 · BOS 60-50 SAC
- Technical
Double technical foul - Marcus Smart and DeMarcus Cousins
Q4 7:31 · BOS 90-69 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
DeMarcus Cousins technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 4:31 · BOS 17-9 SAC
📊The numbers
| BOS | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 32 | Assists | 12 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
