⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their fourteen- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 38
- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 26
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 dragged them back level
Q1 10:06 · GS 8-8 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:42 · GS 0-8 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q1 2:01 · GS 18-31 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 27
Q3 10:26 · GS 44-71 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 14 | Threes made | 20 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 33 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
