⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better 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, 48 rebounds to 29- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 32-7 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 2
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q2 6:58 · BOS 43-29 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q2 1:59 · BOS 60-35 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 28-point lead to 36
Q4 9:11 · BOS 106-70 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rajon Rondo misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q4 10:44 · BOS 93-65 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jordan Farmar flagrant foul type 1 (Rajon Rondo draws the foul)
Q4 10:44 · BOS 93-65 LAL
📊The numbers
| BOS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 33 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 18 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 0 |
