⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Celtics 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 cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q3 6:20 · BOS 62-77 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 11:17 · BOS 3-0 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 10:41 · BOS 30-41 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q2 0:29 · BOS 45-69 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q3 5:05 · BOS 62-86 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 26 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
