Oklahoma City Thunder – Boston Celtics · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 20 March 2018

OKC99–100BOS

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 94% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 52 times
· It stayed close for almost the whole game

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ BOS winsOKC wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when BOS leads and falls when OKC does.

This is how the game was decided.

Jayson Tatum decided it, the Boston Celtics player with the most points (23, with 11 rebounds and 4 assists; +23 with him on the floor). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Boston Celtics 100-99 Oklahoma City Thunder (March 20, 2018) was hit by Marcus Morris: a three-pointer with 1.8 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Boston Celtics up 100-99. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Boston Celtics 100-99 Oklahoma City Thunder (March 20, 2018) was a 9-0 run by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the third quarter (from 3:15 to 2:04), from 64-64 to 73-64. The Boston Celtics' best was a 8-0 run in the second quarter (from 4:30 to 3:31), from 33-36 to 41-36.

▸See where these figures come from

Play: Marcus Morris makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists).

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Marcus Morris decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 1.8 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Morris decided

▸See where these figures come from

A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

20 March 2018 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:400975805:640; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2017-18 regular season, not this game.

Oklahoma City Thunder

Russell Westbrook recovered 2.1 loose balls per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 1 of 362 in the league.
Paul George deflected 3.9 passes per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 2 of 362 in the league.
Steven Adams contested 13.4 shots per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 5 of 362 in the league.

Boston Celtics

Al Horford contested 12.3 shots per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 11 of 362 in the league.
Aron Baynes drew 0.21 charges per game over his 81 games.
He ranks 16 of 362 in the league.
Shane Larkin drew 0.12 charges per game over his 50 games.
He ranks 47 of 362 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Boston Celtics have won 17 of their 36 games against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

17-19record of the Boston Celtics · NBA 2008-09 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 2008-09 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

18.624

100% of capacity

TD Garden · Boston

Scoring

199

combined points

13.7 below the season average (212.7)