⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made twelve 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.
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q2 10:23 · BOS 40-22 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Eddie House technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:32 · BOS 79-58 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ben Gordon misses technical free throw
Q1 3:23 · BOS 18-10 CHI
- Technical
Andres Nocioni technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:37 · BOS 71-53 CHI
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 12 | Threes made | 4 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 68 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
