⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 21-6 off them- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 38
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Terence Davis misses technical free throw
Q3 2:21 · SAC 81-93 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 1:12 · SAC 54-60 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 3:21 · SAC 81-100 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q4 7:46 · SAC 95-116 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Robert Williams III technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:21 · SAC 81-93 BOS
📊The numbers
| SAC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 17 | Threes made | 18 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 33 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
