⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
-5Q127-36
0Q225-28
+1Q329-30
+3Q430-27
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 35- Kept giving it away, eleven turnovers to their five, and outscored them 15-3 off them
Key battles
3Points off turnovers15
6Steals2
5Turnovers11
1Blocks4
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q2 7:12 · SA 39-47 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Paul technical foul
Q1 6:14 · SA 12-18 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 14 | Threes made | 17 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 25 | Assists | 32 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 3 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 2 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
