Oklahoma City Thunder – Boston Celtics · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 8 March 2020

OKC105–104BOS

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 20 times

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.

Chris Paul decided it, the Oklahoma City Thunder player with the most points (28, with 6 rebounds and 7 assists; +8 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Danilo Gallinari's (+8). 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 104-105 Oklahoma City Thunder (March 8, 2020) was hit by Dennis Schröder: a layup with 8.5 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Oklahoma City Thunder up 105-104. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Boston Celtics 104-105 Oklahoma City Thunder (March 8, 2020) was a 12-0 run by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first quarter (from 4:14 to 1:16), from 16-20 to 28-20. The Boston Celtics' best was a 10-0 run in the second quarter (from 10:03 to 8:11), from 30-34 to 40-34.

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Play: Dennis Schroder makes driving layup.

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.

Dennis Schröder decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 8.5 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 4 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Schröder decided

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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.

8 March 2020 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401161591:688; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2019-20 regular season, not this game.

Oklahoma City Thunder

Chris Paul deflected 3.3 passes per game over his 70 games.
He ranks 9 of 352 in the league.
Steven Adams contested 11.5 shots per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 17 of 352 in the league.
Dennis Schröder drew 0.18 charges per game over his 65 games.
He ranks 23 of 352 in the league.

Boston Celtics

Kemba Walker drew 0.32 charges per game over his 56 games.
He ranks 8 of 352 in the league.
Marcus Smart deflected 3.2 passes per game over his 60 games.
He ranks 12 of 352 in the league.
Jayson Tatum recovered 1.4 loose balls per game over his 66 games.
He ranks 15 of 352 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

19.156

102.9% of capacity

TD Garden · Boston

Scoring

209

combined points

14.6 below the season average (223.6)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

17 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Personal · 00:28.3

Jayson Tatum → Steven Adams

Tatum (BOS) makes incidental contact with Adams's (OKC) hand on the ball before cleanly dislodging the ball, and incidental arm contact occurs after Tatum dislodges the ball.