⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their ten- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 35-19 off them
- A 15-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 21 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.
Bulls
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 10
Q4 5:37 · CHI 98-108 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 9:45 · CHI 8-16 BOS
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 21
Q2 0:29 · CHI 50-71 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q4 8:48 · CHI 85-104 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 17 | Threes made | 15 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 4 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 28 | Assists | 28 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 35 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
