⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 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, 47 rebounds to 34
A 13-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 1 in the third quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 1
Q3 1:54 · BOS 66-67 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Rajon Rondo technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 2:16 · BOS 28-40 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 7:01 · BOS 6-18 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q1 3:38 · BOS 11-26 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Derrick Rose misses technical free throw
Q2 2:10 · BOS 28-41 CHI
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
