⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 20 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 second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 40- A 13-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 33 in the third quarter
A 15-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 15 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.
Warriors
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 15
Q4 10:52 · GS 90-105 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q2 10:11 · GS 34-53 BOS
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 33
Q3 10:48 · GS 54-87 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 20 | Threes made | 17 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 4 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 30 | Assists | 36 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
