⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 48 free throws to their 33- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 38
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:29 · BOS 107-115 LAL
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:29 · BOS 107-115 LAL
📊The numbers
| BOS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 18 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
