⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their 21- Burned in transition, 8 fast break points to 21
A 12-0 run dragged them back level in the second quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 0:53 · BOS 61-61 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kyrie Irving bad pass
Q4 3:11 · BOS 111-116 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q3 7:43 · BOS 73-78 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q4 9:47 · BOS 99-105 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 4:05 · BOS 113-125 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 15 | Threes made | 11 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 7 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 31 | Blocks | 21 |
