⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
-13Q118-29
0Q221-18
+2Q324-23
-7Q420-26
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 39- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen
Key battles
5Blocks10
9Offensive rebounds15
24%Three-point accuracy33%
4Threes made2
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 9:11 · BOS 6-15 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Derrick Rose misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:24 · BOS 77-85 CHI
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 10 |
