⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17 in the fourth quarter- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 27
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 9:12 · SAC 34-34 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 2:23 · SAC 77-69 BOS
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17
Q4 9:19 · SAC 98-81 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 6:56 · SAC 62-64 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Isaiah Thomas technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 5:41 · SAC 34-36 BOS
📊The numbers
| SAC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 18 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
