⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 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, 46 free throws to their 25- Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 46
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 18-8 off them
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q2 8:18 · CHI 38-25 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jay Williams missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:06 · CHI 88-80 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q4 10:45 · CHI 68-67 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 2:10 · CHI 20-18 BOS
- Turnover
Paul Pierce Traveling
Q4 2:36 · CHI 83-76 BOS
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:08 · CHI 87-80 BOS
📊The numbers
| CHI | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 74 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 16 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
