⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 27 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their seven
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 0:35 · BOS 33-20 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 19
Q3 10:11 · BOS 78-59 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Derrick Jones Jr. technical foul
Q2 2:00 · BOS 70-46 LAC
📊The numbers
| BOS | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 22 | Threes made | 7 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 33 | Assists | 18 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 11 | Blocks | 3 |
