⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better 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 stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 7:28 · BOS 42-23 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Kendrick Perkins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:35 · BOS 66-56 GS
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Stephen Jackson misses technical free throw
Q3 4:35 · BOS 66-56 GS
📊The numbers
| BOS | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 77 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
