⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run took them from 13 down to 1 up in the third quarter- Lost the glass, 29 rebounds to 44
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Gary Payton Lost Ball. Stolen by Tony Parker.
Q4 4:48 · BOS 72-78 SA
- Turnover
Ricky Davis Bad Pass. Stolen by Bruce Bowen.
Q4 4:28 · BOS 72-80 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 13 down to 1 up
Q3 2:26 · BOS 66-67 SA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q4 7:22 · BOS 72-84 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 18 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
