⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, 24 free throws to their 41
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rajon Rondo technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 6:30 · SAC 49-69 BOS
- Technical
Rajon Rondo technical foul(2nd technical foul)
Q3 6:30 · SAC 49-70 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 8:38 · SAC 8-14 BOS
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20
Q1 1:46 · SAC 19-39 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q4 6:26 · SAC 92-109 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 34 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 14 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
