⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their sixteen
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 2 down to 6 up
Q1 6:48 · BOS 16-10 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q2 8:33 · BOS 53-35 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q4 10:36 · BOS 105-101 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kyrie Irving bad pass
Q4 1:09 · BOS 124-121 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- Ties it
LeBron James hit a 23-foot three jumper, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope with the assist
Q4 0:50 · BOS 124-124 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q4 1:22 · BOS 126-127 LAL
- Go-ahead
Kyle Kuzma hit a 25-foot three jumper, Brandon Ingram with the assist
Q4 0:19 · BOS 126-127 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brandon Ingram misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:07 · BOS 119-118 LAL
📊The numbers
| BOS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 16 | Threes made | 22 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 35 | Assists | 35 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
