⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 25 from three- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 31
- A 17-0 run took them from 12 down to 5 up in the first 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 12 down to 5 up
Q1 1:19 · BOS 30-35 UTAH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q4 6:01 · BOS 83-98 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 13 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 2 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 5 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 8 | Steals | 15 |
| 18 | Blocks | 20 |
