⏱️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
▲ CHI better than we expected
-3Q118-21
+6Q225-26
-3Q316-22
-5Q422-23
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lost the glass, 11 rebounds to 22- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 23-13 off them
Key battles
3Blocks9
9Turnovers19
9Offensive rebounds4
3Threes made7
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bulls
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 5
Q4 4:54 · CHI 81-86 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ray Allen turnover
Q4 1:07 · CHI 78-86 BOS
📊The numbers
| CHI | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
