⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
-2Q123-23
-1Q230-27
-3Q320-21
-1Q429-27
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 22
Key battles
26Free throws made14
11Steals7
15Turnovers22
40%Three-point accuracy55%
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
