⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Won the glass, 40 rebounds to 30
- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the first quarter
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
Kevin Durant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:43 · OKC 60-78 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q1 8:22 · OKC 10-19 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 10:11 · OKC 53-71 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Kendrick Perkins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:21 · OKC 44-56 BOS
📊The numbers
| OKC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 11 | Assists | 24 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
