⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 35- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 36
- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 28
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 23-14 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q1 0:58 · GS 32-31 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - David Lee and Kendrick Perkins
Q1 9:36 · GS 2-6 BOS
- Missed FT
Stephen Curry misses technical free throw
Q1 7:50 · GS 6-11 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q4 8:47 · GS 86-100 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 4:35 · GS 88-108 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 35 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 30 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
