⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 38
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 22-13 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 8:55 · BOS 12-6 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 5:14 · BOS 26-15 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 9:50 · BOS 103-87 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Jayson Tatum technical foul
Q2 3:53 · BOS 55-35 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 14
Q2 0:28 · BOS 66-52 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q3 9:02 · BOS 72-62 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chris Paul misses technical free throw
Q2 3:53 · BOS 55-35 SA
📊The numbers
| BOS | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 18 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 30 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
