⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics 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, 12 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 25 threes to their eleven- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their fifteen
- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 34
- A 13-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 33 in the third quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 35-point deficit to 25
Q3 1:44 · LAC 81-106 BOS
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kobe Brown flagrant foul type 1
Q2 4:19 · LAC 40-55 BOS
- Flagrant
Ivica Zubac flagrant foul type 1
Q3 5:01 · LAC 62-90 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q2 5:20 · LAC 40-61 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 25
Q3 11:32 · LAC 53-78 BOS
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 33
Q3 7:09 · LAC 62-95 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jayson Tatum misses free throw flagrant 1 of 3
Q3 5:01 · LAC 62-90 BOS
📊The numbers
| LAC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 11 | Threes made | 25 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 25 | Assists | 33 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
