⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their ten
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2 in the second quarter
Key battles
3Blocks0
9Points off turnovers18
9Steals4
12Fast break points20
🏀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 stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 7:33 · BOS 18-6 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 1:38 · BOS 56-45 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 6:41 · BOS 97-83 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Kelly Olynyk technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 6:54 · BOS 89-78 LAC
- Technical
Jae Crowder technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 3:56 · BOS 97-83 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2
Q2 5:11 · BOS 45-43 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 16 | Threes made | 10 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
