⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q4 11:23 · SA 73-77 BOS
- Lead
Tim Duncan hit a 5-foot running jumper
Q4 1:34 · SA 85-83 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Bruce Bowen lost ball
Q4 1:08 · SA 85-85 BOS
- Turnover
Tony Parker traveling
Q4 0:38 · SA 85-87 BOS
- Turnover
Manu Ginobili offensive foul (Paul Pierce draws the foul)
Q4 0:07 · SA 85-89 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q3 11:41 · SA 40-55 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 7:09 · SA 46-65 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 1:25 · SA 85-91 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses technical free throw
Q2 3:29 · SA 35-41 BOS
- Technical
Michael Olowokandi technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 11:23 · SA 63-77 BOS
📊The numbers
| SA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 1 | Threes made | 4 |
| 6% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 12 | Blocks | 6 |
