⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 28-9 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 8:42 · LAC 15-5 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q1 5:41 · LAC 25-9 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q4 10:30 · LAC 91-64 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 11 | Blocks | 2 |
