⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the fourth quarter- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their two
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 cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q3 9:04 · BOS 59-62 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q4 10:49 · BOS 74-80 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 6:03 · BOS 59-71 LAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q4 5:03 · BOS 78-94 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 22 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
