⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Celtics 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses technical free throw
Q1 8:41 · BOS 6-4 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 6:20 · BOS 34-40 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q4 10:08 · BOS 69-82 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
