⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
They went cold, nine of 30 from three- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 37
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven
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 2 down to 7 up
Q1 4:37 · BOS 26-19 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 0:28 · BOS 35-26 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 9:15 · BOS 45-34 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Isaiah Thomas Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover
Q4 3:31 · BOS 102-97 MEM
- Turnover
Marcus Smart bad pass
Q4 2:38 · BOS 105-97 MEM
- Turnover
Isaiah Thomas lost ball turnover
Q4 2:16 · BOS 105-98 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- Steal
Zach Randolph stole it from Marcus Smart
Q4 2:38 · BOS 105-97 MEM
- Steal
Andrew Harrison stole it from Isaiah Thomas
Q4 2:16 · BOS 105-98 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Marc Gasol lost ball turnover
Q4 4:07 · BOS 100-97 MEM
- Missed FT
Andrew Harrison misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:26 · BOS 105-97 MEM
- Turnover
Zach Randolph bad pass
Q4 0:49 · BOS 111-103 MEM
📊The numbers
| BOS | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 12 | Threes made | 9 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 30 | Assists | 22 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 14 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
