⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 from level to 8 points up
Q2 1:08 · BOS 51-43 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Raef LaFrentz missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:30 · BOS 86-79 GS
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
