⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their four- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 21
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 9:56 · OKC 89-69 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Vitaly Potapenko Technical Foul
Q3 8:48 · OKC 61-48 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 9:07 · OKC 61-53 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 18 | Threes made | 4 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 35 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
