⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
They went cold, seventeen of 58 from three
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 took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 5:03 · GS 56-54 BOS
- Ties it
Klay Thompson hit a 31-foot three jumper, Chris Paul with the assist
Q4 2:18 · GS 118-118 BOS
- Winner
Jonathan Kuminga hit a 2-foot dunk
OT 3:24 · GS 123-121 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 4:00 · GS 22-34 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 2:28 · GS 59-65 BOS
- Lead
Derrick White hit a 22-foot three jumper, Jayson Tatum with the assist
Q4 1:53 · GS 118-121 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Derrick White misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:09 · GS 107-113 BOS
- Turnover
Jaylen Brown turnover
Q4 3:16 · GS 112-116 BOS
- Turnover
Al Horford bad pass
OT 3:28 · GS 121-121 BOS
📊The numbers
| GS | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 20 | Threes made | 17 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 29 | Assists | 28 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
