⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third 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
Made twelve threes to their two
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 2-point lead to 10
Q2 11:06 · BOS 29-19 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 1:27 · BOS 56-35 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q4 7:09 · BOS 104-75 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Joakim Noah technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:18 · BOS 37-26 CHI
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 12 | Threes made | 2 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 33 | Assists | 19 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
