⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q4 7:46 · BOS 108-107 OKC
- Winner
Marcus Smart hit a 28-foot three jumper
Q4 1:48 · BOS 118-115 OKC
Bad plays
- Goaltend
Derrick White defensive goaltending violation
Q4 2:41 · BOS 115-115 OKC
- Turnover
Marcus Smart offensive foul
Q4 0:20 · BOS 123-118 OKC
- Turnover
Marcus Smart turnover
Q4 0:20 · BOS 123-118 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 9:27 · BOS 8-14 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 9:35 · BOS 42-50 OKC
- Ties it
Luguentz Dort hit a free throw 1 of 1
Q4 2:41 · BOS 115-115 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 21 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
