⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 48- A 21-0 run stretched a 12-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.
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 22
Q4 6:22 · BOS 83-105 LAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jaylen Brown flagrant foul type 1
Q2 7:29 · BOS 28-36 LAC
- Technical
Jayson Tatum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:43 · BOS 46-78 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 6:35 · BOS 9-17 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 2:24 · BOS 37-55 LAC
- 21-0 run
A 21-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 33
Q3 9:18 · BOS 46-79 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 21 | Assists | 28 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 8 |
