⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 32 from three- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 37
- A 14-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 22 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 26-9 off them
A 14-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 5 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 17
Q4 6:46 · LAL 96-113 BOS
- Steal
Talen Horton-Tucker stole it from Tremont Waters
Q4 1:50 · LAL 107-115 BOS
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 5
Q4 3:48 · LAL 110-115 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Talen Horton-Tucker lost ball turnover
Q4 1:58 · LAL 107-115 BOS
- Missed FT
Kostas Antetokounmpo misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:50 · LAL 108-115 BOS
- Missed FT
Devontae Cacok misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:22 · LAL 113-119 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 22
Q3 1:00 · LAL 79-101 BOS
- Steal
Tremont Waters stole it from Talen Horton-Tucker
Q4 1:58 · LAL 107-115 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tremont Waters lost ball turnover
Q4 1:50 · LAL 107-115 BOS
📊The numbers
| LAL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 12 | Threes made | 14 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 33 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
