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Thursday, June 3, 2010Playoffs · 1 game
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1 game, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Finals · G1 · Box score
Celtics89
Lakers102
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +20; Q4 LAL +13
The lead · NBA Finals · Game 1 · Celtics-Lakers

Lakers take Game 1, lead Boston 1–0

Pau Gasol goes for 23 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+9+20+13LAL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2120232589
Lakers26243418102
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 35, 32, 40, 21, 36, 38, 30, 37, 30LAL30 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 33, 21, 29, 23, 15, 21, 9, 23LAL23 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 9, 21, 13, 22, 28, 15, 32, 18, 31, 24BOS24 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 22, 8, 10, 10, 14, 10, 10, 16BOS16 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Final · Celtics-Lakers
Celtics 89Lakers 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2120232589
Lakers26243418102
The story
Metta World Peace had 15 points as Los Angeles beat Boston 102-89

Kevin Garnett led Boston with 16 PTS, 4 REB 15 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST · 5-10 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

The Lakers won the third 34-23, their biggest quarter edge.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +5+9+20+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.5points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
7.5Reg. season avg14.0Last 3 playoff games

14.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 7.5 in the regular season (82 games). Today: 9 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Reg. season avg9.3Last 3 playoff games

9.3 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 20.7 in the regular season (82 games). Today: 6 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.6minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
34.0Reg. season avg45.6Today

46 minutes today, against 34.0 a game in the regular season (71 games). Line: 24 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 30

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 35, 32, 40, 21, 36, 38, 30, 37, 30Lakers-Celtics · W
29.5 PPG playoffs to date · +0.6 vs his playoff average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 9, 21, 13, 22, 28, 15, 32, 18, 31, 24Celtics-Lakers · L
19.4 PPG playoffs to date · +4.9 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 33, 21, 29, 23, 15, 21, 9, 23Lakers-Celtics · W
20.2 PPG playoffs to date · +3.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 22, 8, 10, 10, 14, 10, 10, 16Celtics-Lakers · L
14.9 PPG playoffs to date · +1.1 vs his playoff average before tonight
16 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 5, 14, 18, 12, 13, 4, 25, 15Lakers-Celtics · W
11.7 PPG playoffs to date · +3.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
15 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 29, 16, 21, 8, 25, 11, 9, 19, 14, 13Celtics-Lakers · L
16.5 PPG playoffs to date · −3.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
13 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Lead changes
Celtics-Lakers1