⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 8 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
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 39- A 17-0 run took them from 3 down to 14 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 20-12 off them
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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 3 down to 14 up
Q1 3:01 · BOS 38-24 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kyrie Irving and Shelvin Mack
Q3 3:27 · BOS 84-80 MEM
- Missed FT
Kyrie Irving misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:13 · BOS 110-106 MEM
- Turnover
Kyrie Irving bad pass
Q4 0:55 · BOS 118-110 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 5:34 · BOS 16-22 MEM
- Steal
Justin Holiday stole it from Kyrie Irving
Q4 0:55 · BOS 118-110 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 17 | Threes made | 16 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 33 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
