⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their sixteen- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 37
- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 46
- A 13-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 30 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten
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 4:28 · BOS 22-16 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 2:08 · BOS 30-18 PHX
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 30
Q2 4:13 · BOS 65-35 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Devin Booker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:00 · BOS 13-14 PHX
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 28 | Assists | 20 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
