⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 26-14 off them
- A 20-0 run took them from 1 down to 19 up in the third quarter
- Lost the glass, 38 rebounds to 48
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 10:06 · BOS 9-8 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 0:57 · BOS 29-26 MEM
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run took them from 1 down to 19 up
Q3 5:33 · BOS 86-67 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 4:54 · BOS 19-26 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Vince Carter technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 4:22 · BOS 69-64 MEM
📊The numbers
| BOS | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 15 | Threes made | 7 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
