⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 22 from three- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 35
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 1:23 · BOS 95-107 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Mark Blount Technical Foul
Q3 6:13 · BOS 66-70 GS
- Technical
Antoine Walker Technical Foul
Q3 0:01 · BOS 74-81 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 8:18 · BOS 77-96 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
