⏱️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, then it evened out by full time. A much higher 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, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 27-10 off them- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 9
- Won the second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to ten
- A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 30
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 10:13 · BOS 11-2 LAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22
Q2 0:44 · BOS 71-49 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 10:26 · BOS 98-87 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q1 1:20 · BOS 37-30 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q3 6:15 · BOS 81-70 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q4 4:50 · BOS 108-105 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 16 | Threes made | 14 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
