⏱️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
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Ran them off the floor, 17 fast break points to 5
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 7:31 · CHI 33-34 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Ben Gordon technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:06 · CHI 41-47 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 11:12 · CHI 19-30 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 4:43 · CHI 33-42 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses technical free throw
Q1 4:50 · CHI 8-15 BOS
📊The numbers
| CHI | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
