⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 36 from three- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their seven
- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fifteen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q1 0:51 · BOS 27-28 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 4:39 · BOS 15-24 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 9:59 · BOS 32-41 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 16 | Threes made | 19 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 30 | Assists | 30 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 12 | Blocks | 2 |
