⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
+2Q127-23
-7Q222-25
+5Q331-19
+1Q429-28
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the third quarter
Key battles
5Fast break points12
30Points off turnovers17
3Blocks1
7Steals10
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q3 8:17 · BOS 67-55 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
