⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 24-2 off them
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
- Turnover
Rajon Rondo lost ball
Q4 4:58 · BOS 76-78 OKC
- Turnover
Kevin Garnett offensive foul (James Harden draws the foul)
Q4 0:40 · BOS 85-92 OKC
- Turnover
Kevin Garnett turnover
Q4 0:40 · BOS 85-92 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 5:41 · BOS 11-17 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 13 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
