⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their eight
- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 27-14 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q3 8:27 · SA 66-55 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q4 5:03 · SA 99-82 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Garnett misses technical free throw
Q2 7:56 · SA 32-31 BOS
📊The numbers
| SA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 22 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
