⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 37
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
- Missed FT
Raef LaFrentz misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q4 8:48 · BOS 91-84 GS

Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 5:15 · BOS 45-44 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Troy Murphy misses technical free throw
Q2 1:40 · BOS 54-48 GS
- Flagrant
Baron Davis flagrant foul type 1 (Raef LaFrentz draws the foul)
Q4 8:48 · BOS 91-84 GS
📊The numbers
| BOS | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |










