⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 37- Ran them off the floor, 30 fast break points to 6
- A 13-0 run took them from 12 down to 1 up 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.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Domantas Sabonis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 2:34 · SAC 29-29 BOS
- Flagrant
Domantas Sabonis flagrant foul type 1
Q3 11:22 · SAC 67-76 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 12 down to 1 up
Q1 6:27 · SAC 23-24 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q3 10:10 · SAC 69-90 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 30
Q4 3:43 · SAC 114-144 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 21 | Threes made | 22 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 29 | Assists | 35 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 30 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 10 |
