⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 22-7 off them
- Could not get to the line, 22 free throws to their 37
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jay Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:22 · CHI 25-32 BOS
- Missed FT
Jay Williams missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 4:22 · CHI 25-32 BOS
- Turnover
Jay Williams Bad Pass
Q4 0:25 · CHI 35-38 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q3 11:27 · CHI 0-9 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Eric Williams Bad Pass. Stolen by Jay Williams.
Q4 3:39 · CHI 27-34 BOS
📊The numbers
| CHI | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 30% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 1 | Threes made | 7 |
| 7% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
