⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, six of nine from three- Beaten inside, 16 points in the paint to 44
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
Glen Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:35 · BOS 81-85 OKC
- Missed FT
Glen Davis misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:35 · BOS 81-85 OKC
- Missed FT
Glen Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:38 · BOS 81-85 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Russell Westbrook misses technical free throw
Q1 11:03 · BOS 0-2 OKC
- Turnover
Russell Westbrook traveling
Q4 1:54 · BOS 81-85 OKC
📊The numbers
| BOS | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 1 | Threes made | 6 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 20 | Assists | 16 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 16 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
