⏱️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, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 19-8 off them- Lost the glass, 32 rebounds to 55
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 52
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:19 · SA 79-85 BOS
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:19 · SA 79-85 BOS
- Turnover
Michael Finley turnover
Q4 0:12 · SA 83-88 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 9:26 · SA 4-12 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rajon Rondo bad pass
Q4 3:48 · SA 79-85 BOS
- Turnover
Kendrick Perkins lost ball
Q4 3:16 · SA 79-85 BOS
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:16 · SA 83-88 BOS
📊The numbers
| SA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
