⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 33- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 13-5 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ray Allen misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:33 · BOS 90-85 LAL
- Turnover
Paul Pierce bad pass
Q4 2:00 · BOS 91-85 LAL
- Missed FT
Rajon Rondo misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:49 · BOS 92-86 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- Steal
Lamar Odom stole it from Paul Pierce
Q4 2:00 · BOS 91-85 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:54 · BOS 91-85 LAL
📊The numbers
| BOS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
