⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
A 16-0 run took them from 2 down to 14 up in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q3 3:09 · MEM 70-69 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 9:05 · MEM 5-14 BOS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21
Q1 5:12 · MEM 10-31 BOS
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 2 down to 14 up
Q4 11:20 · MEM 73-87 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 14 | Threes made | 14 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 3 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 13 | Steals | 16 |
| 19 | Blocks | 19 |
