⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
They went cold, eight of 27 from three- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Eric Williams Bad Pass
Q4 0:55 · BOS 80-85 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kirk Hinrich Bad Pass
Q4 1:27 · BOS 80-84 CHI
- Missed FT
Donyell Marshall missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:12 · BOS 80-84 CHI
- Turnover
Donyell Marshall Foul
Q4 0:42 · BOS 80-85 CHI
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
