⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 17 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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 43- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 16-6 off them
- A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 31
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 9
Q2 3:35 · BOS 44-53 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Jayson Tatum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:45 · BOS 44-53 PHX
- Missed FT
Jaylen Brown misses free throw 2 of 3
Q4 2:19 · BOS 89-96 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q1 7:35 · BOS 7-12 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 11:47 · BOS 20-32 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 11:21 · BOS 73-82 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 28 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
