⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- Technical
Mark Blount Double Technical Foul. Raja Bell gains possession.
Q1 5:39 · BOS 17-8 UTAH
- Turnover
Gary Payton Offensive Foul. Payton's 3rd Personal Foul, Boston's 11st Team Foul.
Q4 1:46 · BOS 104-96 UTAH
- Turnover
Gary Payton Foul
Q4 1:46 · BOS 104-96 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 27 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 0 |
