⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made 24 threes to their fifteen- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 30
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q4 3:56 · LAC 109-139 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 15 | Threes made | 24 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 30 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 26 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
