⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 26 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 23 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their five- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 31
- A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28 in the fourth 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 2:53 · BOS 30-21 OKC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28
Q4 8:38 · BOS 118-90 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 33
Q4 3:35 · BOS 129-96 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 17 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 33 | Assists | 21 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 5 |
