⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their four
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:19 · CHI 9-0 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 0:55 · CHI 54-40 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 10:57 · CHI 62-42 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyson Chandler technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:58 · CHI 34-27 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses technical free throw
Q2 6:58 · CHI 34-27 BOS
📊The numbers
| CHI | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 14 | Threes made | 4 |
| 82% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 34 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
