⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third 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, 7 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 18-10 off them
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 9:49 · BOS 13-5 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 0:36 · BOS 53-45 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 8:06 · BOS 101-84 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jayson Tatum misses technical free throw
Q2 10:30 · BOS 29-23 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 2:40 · BOS 45-45 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 0:44 · BOS 83-75 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 5:32 · BOS 105-96 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 16 | Threes made | 13 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 33 | Assists | 24 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
