⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- A 14-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 24 in the third quarter
- Lost the glass, 11 rebounds to 21
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 24
Q3 6:13 · LAC 51-75 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 28
Q3 0:33 · LAC 57-85 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
