⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 35
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 6:58 · MEM 74-68 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Walter Clayton Jr. back court turnover
Q4 3:21 · MEM 103-110 BOS
- Turnover
Tyler Burton lost ball turnover
Q4 2:26 · MEM 103-110 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 7:43 · MEM 41-44 BOS
- Steal
Derrick White stole it from Tyler Burton
Q4 2:26 · MEM 103-110 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q4 5:06 · MEM 103-112 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Derrick White misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 4:41 · MEM 103-106 BOS
- Missed FT
Jayson Tatum misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:15 · MEM 109-115 BOS
📊The numbers
| MEM | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
