⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fifteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 4:43 · BOS 53-36 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q3 10:56 · BOS 71-45 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ray Allen misses technical free throw
Q2 0:55 · BOS 63-43 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Drew Gooden technical foul (3rd technical foul)
Q2 0:55 · BOS 62-43 CHI
- Technical
Drew Gooden technical foul (3rd technical foul)
Q2 0:55 · BOS 63-43 CHI
- Technical
Larry Hughes technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:13 · BOS 90-70 CHI
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 38 | Free throws made | 33 |
| 75 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 13 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
