⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 19 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
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their nineteen- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 37
- Made eight threes to their seventeen
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their sixteen
A 16-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 10 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.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 8:41 · BOS 13-6 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q2 9:08 · BOS 45-26 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 10
Q4 9:34 · BOS 103-93 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 8 | Threes made | 17 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 16 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
