⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 30- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eight
- Burned in transition, 5 fast break points to 18
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 3:58 · LAL 44-42 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Ron Artest and Kendrick Perkins
Q2 0:19 · LAL 52-48 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 11:10 · LAL 57-58 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 10 | Assists | 34 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
