⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- A 18-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 27 in the second quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 1:14 · BOS 35-24 MEM
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 27
Q2 10:41 · BOS 58-31 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q4 7:39 · BOS 98-85 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 5 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 23 | Blocks | 22 |
