⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their five- They went cold, five of 21 from three
- Could not get to the line, 22 free throws to their 39
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 cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q3 8:20 · LAC 66-70 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Blake Griffin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:45 · LAC 97-110 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 8:10 · LAC 35-45 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 11:48 · LAC 57-70 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q3 4:13 · LAC 77-91 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:39 · LAC 43-49 BOS
📊The numbers
| LAC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 14 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 5 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 19 | Steals | 13 |
| 15 | Blocks | 28 |
