⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 29 from three
- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 18-7 off them
- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 42
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 15
Q3 7:26 · GS 67-82 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q4 5:56 · GS 105-109 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Antawn Jamison missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:08 · GS 117-125 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 10:45 · GS 32-41 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tony Delk missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:59 · GS 109-117 BOS
- Missed FT
Walter McCarty missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:13 · GS 116-124 BOS
📊The numbers
| GS | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 71 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 24 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 1 | Steals | 3 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
