⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made 25 threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen
- Ran them off the floor, 42 fast break points to 12
- A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up in the first quarter
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up
Q1 5:44 · BOS 35-21 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q1 2:07 · BOS 44-22 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q2 10:48 · BOS 53-24 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 25 | Threes made | 7 |
| 51% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 35 | Assists | 24 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 42 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 2 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
