⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 31 from three
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 7-point lead to 17
Q3 3:56 · BOS 83-66 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Jae Crowder technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 2:19 · BOS 83-66 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q3 1:16 · BOS 86-76 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 17 | Threes made | 11 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 31 | Assists | 27 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
