⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 40 from three
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 took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 6:11 · BOS 23-20 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 0:06 · BOS 40-32 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q4 3:05 · BOS 116-111 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:28 · BOS 116-111 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:46 · BOS 0-8 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:19 · BOS 114-111 PHX
- Turnover
Devin Booker offensive foul
Q4 0:52 · BOS 116-111 PHX
- Turnover
Devin Booker offensive foul turnover
Q4 0:52 · BOS 116-111 PHX
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 17 | Threes made | 13 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 31 | Assists | 26 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
