If I had told you before the game that Boston would win the rebounding advantage (including 5 offensive boards by Bass!), hold Westbrook to 15 points, Durant to just 23, and the Thunder as a whole to just 91 points, you'd think we had a pretty good shot at winning the game right?

Turns out, not so much. Despite being down just 3 points at the end of the 3rd, the Celtics couldn't buy a bucket down the stretch and the Thunder pulled away for a comfortable 12 point win.

• Garnett chipped in with 11 rebounds but was ice cold in the second half, finishing with just 11 points. He was even getting good looks down low, but couldn't convert.
• A lot of Celtics were getting good looks but the shots just didn't fall. They shot just 38% from the field.
• For all the grief we give him, Brandon Bass really had an excellent game.
• Avery Bradley (as usual) played top notch defense, frustrating Russell Westbrook for much of the night.
• Jeff Green was off more than on, but managed to get his daily dunk in and chipped in 8 points.
• Terry too was off much of the game, but did hit back to back "hey we're not out of it yet" 3 pointers - much like we used to see out of a certain former shooting guard in years past.
• The Thunder got 11 more FT attempts than the Celtics but that's about what you'd expect at this point (C's are a jump shooting team and KD makes a living on the line).

We knew it would be a difficult matchup at best so there's no real surprise with the result. Would have preferred a better result, but not much you can do when the shots aren't finding the bottom of the net. Live by the jumper...

For OKC coverage, check out Welcome to Loud City.