⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six
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
- Technical
Kendrick Perkins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:39 · BOS 62-66 LAL
- Flagrant
Wally Szczerbiak flagrant foul type 1 (Ronny Turiaf draws the foul)
Q3 2:30 · BOS 71-77 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses technical free throw
Q3 7:39 · BOS 62-66 LAL
- Missed FT
Ronny Turiaf misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q3 2:30 · BOS 71-77 LAL
📊The numbers
| BOS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 12 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
