⏱️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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twelve of twenty from three- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their eleven
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 30-6 off them
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 54
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 9:59 · BOS 35-30 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 2:04 · BOS 56-52 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q4 2:48 · BOS 104-105 LAL
- Winner
Kendall Marshall hit a three jumper, Wesley Johnson with the assist
Q4 1:08 · BOS 104-105 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Wesley Johnson out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 4:52 · BOS 97-94 LAL
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:34 · BOS 104-105 LAL
📊The numbers
| BOS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 7 | Threes made | 12 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 34 | Assists | 27 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
