⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- They went cold, six of 35 from three
- Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their nine
- A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their seventeen
- Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 46
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 6:53 · BOS 16-10 PHX
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up
Q1 1:06 · BOS 35-21 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 2:23 · BOS 53-37 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Tristan Thompson and
Q4 0:08 · BOS 99-86 PHX
- Technical
Double technical foul - Tristan Thompson and Torrey Craig
Q4 0:07 · BOS 99-86 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 3:50 · BOS 21-21 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 9:18 · BOS 35-29 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 4:46 · BOS 68-59 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:44 · BOS 47-37 PHX
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 18 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
