⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, three turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 13-0 off them- Lost the glass, 39 rebounds to 51
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 took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 6:18 · BOS 14-11 UTAH
- Winner
Tyler Zeller hit a layup, Marcus Smart with the assist
Q4 0:00 · BOS 85-84 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q4 1:44 · BOS 83-84 UTAH
- Go-ahead
Gordon Hayward hit a 14-foot two point shot
Q4 0:01 · BOS 83-84 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:13 · BOS 74-70 UTAH
- Turnover
Trey Burke bad pass
Q4 3:05 · BOS 79-73 UTAH
📊The numbers
| BOS | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 16% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 0 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 1 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
