⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their twelve- Made thirteen threes to their twenty
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
- Steal
Derrick White stole it from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Q4 1:31 · BOS 105-113 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Jayson Tatum technical foul
Q2 0:31 · BOS 60-60 OKC
- Turnover
Jayson Tatum traveling
Q4 2:40 · BOS 102-108 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:41 · BOS 0-9 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q3 8:53 · BOS 68-80 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q4 7:51 · BOS 98-106 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander bad pass
Q4 1:31 · BOS 105-113 OKC
- Missed FT
Luguentz Dort misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:14 · BOS 109-116 OKC
- Missed FT
Luguentz Dort misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:14 · BOS 109-116 OKC
📊The numbers
| BOS | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 20 | Threes made | 13 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
