⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 17-4 off them
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 8 down to 1 up
Q3 8:23 · BOS 57-56 LAC
- Steal
Al Jefferson stole it from Elton Brand
Q4 2:40 · BOS 84-91 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wally Szczerbiak misses technical free throw
Q2 11:12 · BOS 21-27 LAC
- Missed FT
Ryan Gomes misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:28 · BOS 79-86 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Elton Brand lost ball
Q4 2:40 · BOS 84-91 LAC
📊The numbers
| BOS | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 64% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
