⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 22 from three- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 22-11 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- Winner
Pau Gasol hit a 15-foot jumper, Kobe Bryant with the assist
Q4 2:47 · LAL 83-81 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Pau Gasol lost ball
Q4 4:01 · LAL 79-79 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 5:13 · LAL 62-64 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 27 | Assists | 22 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
