⏱️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
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 3:29 · BOS 25-20 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Paul Pierce Technical Foul. Pierce's 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 2:57 · BOS 64-64 CHI
- Turnover
Mark Blount Traveling
Q4 1:43 · BOS 86-78 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 9:33 · BOS 55-60 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 10 |
