⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 46 points inside to 26- Made eight threes to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 11:10 · PHX 10-3 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 5:53 · PHX 23-10 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q3 1:46 · PHX 76-68 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Jayson Tatum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:21 · PHX 63-55 BOS
- Technical
Kemba Walker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:09 · PHX 71-57 BOS
📊The numbers
| PHX | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 8 | Threes made | 17 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
