⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 9 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 22-13 off them- Lost the glass, 18 rebounds to 29
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 4:47 · BOS 27-19 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 1:17 · BOS 38-24 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 1 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 7% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 76 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 31 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
