⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 23 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their six- Won the glass, 67 rebounds to 45
- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 34
- A 16-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 26 in the first quarter
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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 26
Q1 6:18 · BOS 33-7 SAC
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 38
Q2 1:44 · BOS 68-30 SAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 47-point lead to 60
Q4 3:31 · BOS 128-68 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 31% |
| 20 | Threes made | 6 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 32 | Assists | 15 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
