⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 39- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 20-6 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Austin Reaves technical foul
Q2 7:12 · LAL 33-34 BOS
- Technical
Marcus Smart technical foul
Q2 7:12 · LAL 33-35 BOS
- Technical
JJ Redick technical foul
Q3 7:24 · LAL 58-67 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 5:12 · LAL 81-102 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jaylen Brown misses technical free throw
Q2 7:12 · LAL 33-35 BOS
📊The numbers
| LAL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 14 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 29 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
