⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
+5Q125-21
+2Q227-26
0Q328-29
-23Q414-35
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 23 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 26-9 off them- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 40
- A 19-0 run took them from 4 down to 15 up in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 24
Key battles
26Points off turnovers9
18Turnovers12
40Points in the paint56
6Fast break points9
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:01 · OKC 8-0 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run took them from 4 down to 15 up
Q4 11:21 · OKC 82-97 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 12 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 16 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
