⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 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 eight threes to their one
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Brad Miller flagrant foul type 1 (Rajon Rondo draws the foul)
Q1 8:32 · CHI 8-6 BOS
- Technical
Brad Miller technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 5:11 · CHI 72-95 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q3 3:36 · CHI 61-81 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eddie House misses technical free throw
Q4 5:11 · CHI 72-95 BOS
📊The numbers
| CHI | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 1 | Threes made | 8 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 25 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 13 |
