⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third 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
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the first quarter- Went cold from three, thirteen of 42
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 7
Q1 3:00 · LAL 25-32 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 6:33 · LAL 46-47 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 11:50 · LAL 0-12 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 6:51 · LAL 72-81 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 13 | Threes made | 13 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 31 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 3 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
