⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 23 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eighteen turnovers to their 29, and outscored them 37-16 off them- Could not get to the line, 23 free throws to their 39
A 16-0 run took them from 15 down to 1 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q3 6:58 · BOS 63-58 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 9:15 · BOS 95-80 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 3:49 · BOS 110-89 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shammond Williams missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 11:26 · BOS 29-14 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 15 down to 1 up
Q2 9:56 · BOS 31-32 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Scott Padgett missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 1:44 · BOS 37-37 UTAH
- Missed FT
Karl Malone missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 3:10 · BOS 67-61 UTAH
📊The numbers
| BOS | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 37 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 29 |
| 19 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
