⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
They went cold, six of 30 from three- Lived at the line, nineteen free throws to their nine
- A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up in the fourth quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 3:19 · GS 50-46 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up
Q4 6:58 · GS 79-93 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 28 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 12 | Blocks | 1 |
