⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. 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, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- They went cold, five of 33 from three
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their seven
A 14-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 1 in the second 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 1
Q2 8:40 · BOS 38-39 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Marcus Smart and Joe Ingles
Q2 0:32 · BOS 45-49 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q4 6:04 · BOS 72-94 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 16 | Assists | 23 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
