⏱️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
+1Q123-21
+2Q225-20
+3Q319-12
-3Q429-29
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth 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
Made ten threes to their three- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 28-11 off them
Key battles
28Points off turnovers11
10Threes made3
48%Three-point accuracy23%
12Turnovers19
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
