⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 29- A 14-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 22 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 24-12 off them
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 4:30 · BOS 22-12 OKC
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 22
Q3 1:49 · BOS 80-58 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 3:55 · BOS 98-81 OKC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Walter McCarty Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q4 10:33 · BOS 80-58 OKC
- Technical
Ricky Davis Technical Foul
Q4 7:48 · BOS 81-71 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 9:26 · BOS 3-8 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 10
Q4 10:18 · BOS 81-71 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Danny Fortson Technical Foul
Q4 10:33 · BOS 80-60 OKC
- Missed FT
Ray Allen missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 7:48 · BOS 81-71 OKC
📊The numbers
| BOS | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
