⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 32 fast break points to 12
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 1:42 · GS 83-71 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1
Q2 6:18 · GS 41-40 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 0:42 · GS 53-52 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Tony Allen technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:43 · GS 92-83 BOS
📊The numbers
| GS | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 32 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
