⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their six- A 22-0 run took them from 3 down to 19 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, 35 free throws to their 49
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
- 22-0 run
A 22-0 run took them from 3 down to 19 up
Q1 11:08 · BOS 22-3 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q2 11:11 · BOS 38-19 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Jae Crowder and Derrick Jones Jr.
Q3 9:38 · BOS 73-52 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q1 3:03 · BOS 27-16 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 14 | Threes made | 6 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 36 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Assists | 23 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
