⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their seventeen- Beaten inside, 40 points in the paint to 56
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
- Go-ahead
Kevin Garnett hit a 1-foot two point shot, Rajon Rondo with the assist
Q4 2:56 · BOS 101-100 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ray Allen lost ball
Q4 3:33 · BOS 99-100 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- Winner
Kevin Durant hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:40 · BOS 101-102 OKC
- Ties it
Kevin Durant hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:40 · BOS 101-101 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Thabo Sefolosha misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:06 · BOS 104-109 OKC
📊The numbers
| BOS | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 30 | Assists | 22 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
