⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their one- Could not get to the line, 31 free throws to their 42
- Gave up second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to their two
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q3 8:49 · UTAH 53-60 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 1:36 · UTAH 64-84 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 1 | Threes made | 8 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 12 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
