⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth 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
Made nineteen threes to their eight- A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22 in the fourth 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 11:02 · SAC 10-5 BOS
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Domantas Sabonis flagrant foul type 1
Q3 3:35 · SAC 68-78 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 0:36 · SAC 29-33 BOS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22
Q4 7:47 · SAC 87-109 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jayson Tatum misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q3 3:35 · SAC 68-78 BOS
- Technical
Kristaps Porzingis technical foul
Q4 9:10 · SAC 81-94 BOS
📊The numbers
| SAC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 8 | Threes made | 19 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 28 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
