⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 40
- Went cold from three, four of twenty
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q2 11:37 · LAL 25-23 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q4 6:11 · LAL 70-64 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Ron Artest double technical foul
Q2 1:22 · LAL 31-38 BOS
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:20 · LAL 70-66 BOS
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:19 · LAL 73-68 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Paul Pierce bad pass
Q4 1:45 · LAL 74-70 BOS
📊The numbers
| LAL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 23 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 11 | Assists | 18 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |