⏱️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
+3Q128-19
-5Q222-24
+6Q330-21
-5Q412-18
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️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, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 23-10 off them
- Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to eight
Key battles
29%Three-point accuracy8%
15Steals4
7Threes made1
23Points off turnovers10
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 8% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
