⏱️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
▲ 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
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 34- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 40
- Could not get to the line, 22 free throws to their 34
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q1 5:11 · BOS 26-12 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 9:17 · BOS 64-53 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Garnett double technical foul
Q2 2:24 · BOS 47-45 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 1 | Threes made | 5 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 18 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
