⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
-6Q118-27
-5Q221-25
+19Q331-18
+3Q417-14
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 42
- Made three threes to their eleven
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
Key battles
30Free throws made9
23%Three-point accuracy58%
3Threes made11
8Blocks2
📊The numbers
| CHI | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 3 | Threes made | 11 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
