⏱️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
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 21
- A 14-0 run took them from 4 down to 10 up 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.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Lamar Odom Lost Ball. Stolen by Eric Williams.
Q4 2:50 · LAC 80-78 BOS
- Turnover
Lamar Odom Bad Pass
Q4 2:00 · LAC 82-80 BOS
- Turnover
Andre Miller Lost Ball. Stolen by Paul Pierce.
Q4 1:24 · LAC 82-82 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 4:56 · LAC 14-20 BOS
- Winner
Eric Williams made Two Point Shot.
Q4 1:20 · LAC 82-84 BOS
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 4 down to 10 up
Q4 2:15 · LAC 82-92 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Eric Williams Technical Foul
Q4 0:41 · LAC 82-89 BOS
📊The numbers
| LAC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
