⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their twenty- Gave up second chances, ten offensive rebounds to their three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 9:56 · OKC 37-26 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 11:38 · OKC 78-67 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Serge Ibaka technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 8:27 · OKC 56-50 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q2 2:02 · OKC 50-47 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
