⏱️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
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 45 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, seventeen turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 29-8 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 4
- A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up in the second quarter
- Lost the glass, 32 rebounds to 45
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q2 8:30 · BOS 36-25 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Ricky Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:37 · BOS 32-25 UTAH
- Missed FT
Delonte West misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:39 · BOS 86-80 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mehmet Okur misses technical free throw
Q2 6:37 · BOS 32-25 UTAH
- Turnover
Jarron Collins lost ball
Q4 4:39 · BOS 86-80 UTAH
- Turnover
Deron Williams bad pass
Q4 4:16 · BOS 87-80 UTAH
📊The numbers
| BOS | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 0 | Threes made | 4 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 37 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 17 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 11 | Blocks | 2 |
