⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Thunder 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.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Johan Petro double technical foul
Q3 4:31 · OKC 53-62 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 11:36 · OKC 29-30 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 4:13 · OKC 53-70 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 15 | Assists | 25 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
