⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 29- Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 50
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 24-16 off them
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 stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 4:07 · LAC 55-42 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 28
Q4 8:26 · LAC 126-98 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Marcus Morris technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 7:51 · LAC 10-6 BOS
📊The numbers
| LAC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 62% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 13 | Threes made | 14 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 26 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
