⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 34-11 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 8:52 · BOS 15-4 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q2 1:00 · BOS 66-55 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 6:24 · BOS 40-41 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 12 | Threes made | 11 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 40 | Assists | 23 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 34 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
