⏱️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
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 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, 26 free throws to their twelve- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
- Burned in transition, 8 fast break points to 21
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 3:38 · LAL 24-12 BOS
- Winner
Kobe Bryant hit a 14-foot two point shot, Derek Fisher with the assist
Q4 0:41 · LAL 95-94 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q4 2:15 · LAL 97-94 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 4:09 · LAL 39-29 BOS
- Technical
Double technical foul - Metta World Peace and Paul Pierce
Q3 7:56 · LAL 51-53 BOS
- Missed FT
Metta World Peace misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:05 · LAL 86-87 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 11:00 · LAL 47-50 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 33 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
