⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
-5Q129-30
+9Q233-21
-6Q320-23
-6Q431-33
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
7Offensive rebounds15
26Points off turnovers14
1Blocks3
21Fast break points15
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q1 2:44 · BOS 33-30 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 8
Q3 3:53 · BOS 82-74 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 13 | Threes made | 14 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 28 | Assists | 24 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
