⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 26-7 off them
- Owned the paint, 42 points inside to 26
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 8:55 · LAC 15-4 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 10:19 · LAC 40-28 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jared Sullinger flagrant foul type 1 (Blake Griffin draws the foul)
Q3 4:48 · LAC 73-57 BOS
📊The numbers
| LAC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 31 | Assists | 20 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
