⏱️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 first 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, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 22, and were outscored 26-13 off them
- A 16-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 31 in the third 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q3 6:58 · GS 67-85 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - DeMarcus Cousins and Terry Rozier
Q4 8:44 · GS 82-110 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q1 0:54 · GS 24-40 BOS
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 25
Q2 3:22 · GS 48-73 BOS
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 31
Q3 2:36 · GS 76-107 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 38 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 31 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
