⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of 24 from three- Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their nine
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 7:58 · BOS 15-8 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 2:34 · BOS 48-41 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 5:41 · BOS 64-61 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Marcus Smart technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 9:30 · BOS 81-82 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q2 6:58 · BOS 38-37 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 0:59 · BOS 48-53 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q3 0:24 · BOS 74-78 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Danny Green Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover
Q4 2:39 · BOS 96-100 SA
📊The numbers
| BOS | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 12 | Threes made | 11 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 32 | Assists | 24 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
