⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
+3Q122-21
+4Q224-21
0Q321-22
+6Q423-15
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 22- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 27
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their ten
Key battles
11Offensive rebounds4
61Rebounds31
5Steals12
21Turnovers10
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bulls
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q1 5:13 · CHI 18-17 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:11 · CHI 85-77 BOS
📊The numbers
| CHI | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 16 | Assists | 12 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
