⏱️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
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their one- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 36
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses technical free throw
Q3 12:00 · BOS 45-45 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 2:54 · BOS 17-25 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 8:26 · BOS 52-60 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 8 | Threes made | 1 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 18 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
