⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX 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 Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 32- A 13-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 1 in the first quarter
- Made four threes to their thirteen
- Could not get to the line, 26 free throws to their 40
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 1
Q1 6:54 · PHX 21-22 BOS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q2 4:48 · PHX 42-37 BOS
- Winner
Tyler Ulis hit a 25-foot three jumper
Q4 0:00 · PHX 109-106 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Alan Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:15 · PHX 98-95 BOS
- Missed FT
Alan Williams misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:50 · PHX 102-101 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 2:41 · PHX 81-77 BOS
- Go-ahead
Isaiah Thomas hit a driving layup
Q4 1:25 · PHX 100-101 BOS
- Go-ahead
Jae Crowder hit a driving layup, Marcus Smart with the assist
Q4 0:41 · PHX 102-103 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 2:53 · PHX 95-95 BOS
- Missed FT
Isaiah Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:11 · PHX 104-105 BOS
- Turnover
Jae Crowder bad pass
Q4 0:02 · PHX 106-106 BOS
📊The numbers
| PHX | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 13 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 16 | Assists | 19 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 10 | Blocks | 6 |
