Boston Celtics @ Los Angeles Lakers
NBA FINALS - GAME 3 • BOS leads series 2-1
66-16, 31-10 Away
81
66-16, 31-10 Away
57-25, 30-11 Home
87
57-25, 30-11 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
35% (29-83)
Field Goal %
43% (30-69)
44% (8-18)
Three Point %
43% (6-14)
68% (15-22)
Free Throw %
62% (21-34)
26
Turnovers
26
56
Rebounds
57
5
Largest Lead
11
Game Information
Los Angeles, CA
Referee:Joe Crawford
Referee:Bennett Salvatore
Referee:Mark Wunderlich
Game Flow
--BOS
--LAL
Shot Chart
- Kobe Bryant misses 13-foot jumper
- Ray Allen blocks Vladimir Radmanovic's 5-foot jumper
- Kendrick Perkins makes layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Pau Gasol misses jumper
- Ray Allen misses 19-foot jumper
- Kevin Garnett blocks Lamar Odom's layup
- Rajon Rondo misses layup
- Ray Allen misses 18-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 1 of 2
- Pau Gasol misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Garnett misses 18-foot jumper
- Kevin Garnett blocks Derek Fisher's layup
- Kobe Bryant makes driving layup (Pau Gasol assists)
- Lamar Odom blocks Kevin Garnett's layup
- Vladimir Radmanovic makes three point jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses dunk
- Vladimir Radmanovic misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Garnett misses 22-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 2 of 2
- Paul Pierce misses 13-foot jumper
- Rajon Rondo blocks Kobe Bryant's 10-foot jumper
- Paul Pierce misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Ray Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Vladimir Radmanovic misses 9-foot running jumper
- Rajon Rondo makes layup (Kendrick Perkins assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 14-foot two point shot
- Kevin Garnett misses two point shot
- Paul Pierce misses two point shot
- Kendrick Perkins misses tip shot
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Derek Fisher makes 19-foot two point shot
- Rajon Rondo makes 21-foot jumper
- Rajon Rondo misses 19-foot jumper
- James Posey makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
- Rajon Rondo makes two point shot (Kevin Garnett assists)
- Kevin Garnett blocks Pau Gasol's dunk
- Kevin Garnett misses layup
- James Posey makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Posey makes free throw 2 of 2
- Sasha Vujacic misses 22-foot jumper
- Paul Pierce misses 19-foot two point shot
- Sasha Vujacic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Sasha Vujacic misses free throw 2 of 2
- P.J. Brown makes 10-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Sam Cassell makes 6-foot two point shot
- Ronny Turiaf misses 6-foot two point shot
- Sam Cassell misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Sasha Vujacic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Sasha Vujacic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jordan Farmar blocks Leon Powe's layup
- James Posey misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Sam Cassell misses 16-foot two point shot
- Sam Cassell misses 19-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 14-foot two point shot (Sasha Vujacic assists)
- James Posey misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luke Walton misses layup
- Ray Allen makes 14-foot jumper (Sam Cassell assists)
- Jordan Farmar makes two point shot (Luke Walton assists)
- Ronny Turiaf blocks Leon Powe's 7-foot jumper
- Leon Powe misses tip shot
- Sasha Vujacic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Kevin Garnett misses two point shot
- Luke Walton misses 17-foot two point shot
- Ray Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sam Cassell assists)
- Jordan Farmar misses layup
- Kevin Garnett misses 21-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
- Jordan Farmar makes 24-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
- P.J. Brown blocks Luke Walton's layup
- Kevin Garnett makes two point shot (Ray Allen assists)
- Sasha Vujacic makes 21-foot jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Kevin Garnett misses 13-foot two point shot
- Sasha Vujacic makes 18-foot two point shot
- Luke Walton blocks Paul Pierce's 19-foot jumper
- Paul Pierce makes driving layup
- Kobe Bryant makes 19-foot jumper
- Paul Pierce misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
- Pau Gasol misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kendrick Perkins makes dunk (Kevin Garnett assists)
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 1 of 2
- Pau Gasol misses free throw 2 of 2
- Rajon Rondo misses 15-foot jumper
- Ray Allen misses technical free throw
- James Posey makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Posey makes free throw 2 of 2
- Derek Fisher misses jumper
- Sasha Vujacic makes 21-foot jumper (Derek Fisher assists)
- Ray Allen misses free throw 1 of 2
- Ray Allen makes free throw 2 of 2
- Pau Gasol misses layup
- Pau Gasol misses 10-foot jumper
- Ray Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 2 of 2
- Rajon Rondo misses 9-foot jumper
- Kevin Garnett misses 9-foot two point shot
- Eddie House misses 20-foot jumper
- Kendrick Perkins blocks Lamar Odom's layup
- Paul Pierce misses 17-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 5-foot two point shot
- Eddie House misses 23-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 14-foot jumper
- Ray Allen makes layup (Kevin Garnett assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 12-foot two point shot
- Kendrick Perkins makes two point shot (Kevin Garnett assists)
- Kendrick Perkins misses free throw 1 of 1
- Derek Fisher misses 16-foot jumper
- Ray Allen makes driving layup
- Kendrick Perkins blocks Kobe Bryant's layup
- Lamar Odom misses 35-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes 22-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
- Kevin Garnett misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Garnett makes free throw 2 of 2
- Paul Pierce misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Eddie House makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kevin Garnett assists)
- Derek Fisher misses 22-foot jumper
- Ray Allen misses 15-foot jumper
- Kevin Garnett makes 8-foot two point shot
- Kevin Garnett makes jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ray Allen makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Lamar Odom makes 6-foot two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Kevin Garnett misses 23-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kendrick Perkins makes 5-foot two point shot
- Lamar Odom misses 18-foot jumper
- Eddie House misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes layup (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Kevin Garnett makes 20-foot jumper (Eddie House assists)
- Lamar Odom makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Ray Allen makes free throw 1 of 3
- Ray Allen makes free throw 2 of 3
- Ray Allen makes free throw 3 of 3
- Kobe Bryant makes 9-foot two point shot
- Kevin Garnett misses 14-foot jumper
- P.J. Brown misses free throw 1 of 2
- P.J. Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
- Pau Gasol makes 7-foot two point shot (Jordan Farmar assists)
- P.J. Brown misses layup
- Lamar Odom misses layup
- P.J. Brown misses 13-foot jumper
- Sasha Vujacic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
- Ray Allen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Eddie House assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 13-foot two point shot
- P.J. Brown misses 15-foot jumper
- Eddie House misses 21-foot jumper
- Jordan Farmar misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Paul Pierce misses 20-foot jumper
- Leon Powe misses free throw 1 of 2
- Leon Powe makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Sasha Vujacic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ronny Turiaf blocks Kevin Garnett's 13-foot jumper
- Sasha Vujacic makes 22-foot jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
- James Posey makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Posey makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses driving layup
- Pau Gasol misses tip shot
- Kevin Garnett misses 18-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luke Walton assists)
- Kevin Garnett misses two point shot
- Derek Fisher makes free throw 1 of 2
- Derek Fisher makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ray Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Rajon Rondo makes jumper
- Lamar Odom misses layup
- Pau Gasol makes tip shot
- Ray Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Sasha Vujacic blocks Paul Pierce's layup
- Lamar Odom misses dunk
- Pau Gasol makes layup
- Paul Pierce makes 8-foot two point shot
- Paul Pierce misses free throw 1 of 1
- Derek Fisher misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 2 of 2
- Paul Pierce makes free throw 1 of 2
- Paul Pierce makes free throw 2 of 2
- Pau Gasol misses 18-foot jumper
- Kevin Garnett makes 7-foot two point shot
- Sasha Vujacic misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Eddie House misses 18-foot jumper
- Sasha Vujacic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
- Paul Pierce misses layup
- Kevin Garnett misses tip shot
- Derek Fisher makes free throw 1 of 2
- Derek Fisher makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Garnett makes dunk (Ray Allen assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes jumper
- Eddie House makes three point jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 11-foot two point shot
- Eddie House misses 23-foot jumper
- Paul Pierce misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Data is currently unavailable.
Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Eastern Conference
| Atlantic | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 26 | 16 | .619 | - | L1 |
| New York | 25 | 18 | .581 | 1.5 | L4 |
| Toronto | 25 | 19 | .568 | 2 | L2 |
| Philadelphia | 23 | 18 | .561 | 2.5 | W1 |
| Brooklyn | 12 | 29 | .293 | 13.5 | L2 |
Western Conference
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 25 | 16 | .610 | - | W1 |
| Phoenix | 26 | 17 | .605 | - | W2 |
| Golden State | 25 | 19 | .568 | 1.5 | W4 |
| LA Clippers | 19 | 23 | .452 | 6.5 | W6 |
| Sacramento | 12 | 31 | .279 | 14 | L1 |
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