⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls 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, 9 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, 53 rebounds to 36- Made eight threes to their fourteen
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
- Steal
Marcus Smart stole it from Dwyane Wade
Q4 2:00 · BOS 92-97 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 0:38 · BOS 102-104 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Isaiah Thomas technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 6:33 · BOS 83-87 CHI
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 4:47 · BOS 88-89 CHI
- Turnover
Marcus Smart bad pass
Q4 1:58 · BOS 92-97 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 11:23 · BOS 28-33 CHI
- Steal
Jerian Grant stole it from Marcus Smart
Q4 1:58 · BOS 92-97 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade turnover
Q4 2:39 · BOS 92-97 CHI
- Turnover
Dwyane Wade bad pass
Q4 2:00 · BOS 92-97 CHI
- Turnover
Jerian Grant Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover
Q4 0:14 · BOS 100-104 CHI
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 27 | Assists | 22 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
