⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of 22 from three- Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their eight
- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 6:24 · BOS 41-34 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 3:23 · BOS 41-42 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 2:29 · BOS 86-93 LAC
- Turnover
Quentin Richardson Bad Pass
Q4 1:54 · BOS 86-93 LAC
📊The numbers
| BOS | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 11 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 18 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
