⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, twelve of nineteen from three
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their five
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 10:17 · GS 15-7 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q2 9:30 · GS 44-25 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 9:18 · GS 92-74 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 1:15 · GS 76-67 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 21 | Assists | 18 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
