⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 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 sixteen threes to their nine- Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 22, and were outscored 36-12 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 29 fast break points to 10
- A 17-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 27 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 25
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q1 10:39 · BOS 12-4 MEM
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 27
Q2 7:44 · BOS 57-30 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 20
Q4 4:37 · BOS 118-98 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 16 | Threes made | 9 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 26 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 36 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Steals | 8 |
| 11 | Blocks | 3 |
