⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 12 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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eleven- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 43
- Could not get to the line, nine free throws to their 22
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 0:10 · BOS 34-34 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 9:12 · BOS 43-37 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 6:56 · BOS 15-21 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q3 1:01 · BOS 76-82 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 1:37 · BOS 95-114 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 18 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 22 | Assists | 26 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
