⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their five- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 45
- Went cold from three, one of fifteen
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
- Go-ahead
Ray Allen hit a 24-foot three jumper, Rajon Rondo with the assist
Q4 1:07 · BOS 82-80 LAL
- Go-ahead
Paul Pierce hit a 24-foot three jumper
OT 1:51 · BOS 87-86 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 2:40 · BOS 64-67 LAL
- Lead
Kobe Bryant hit a 20-foot two point shot
OT 3:34 · BOS 82-84 LAL
- Winner
Andrew Bynum hit a tip shot
OT 1:29 · BOS 87-88 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 1 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 7% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 22 | Assists | 13 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
