⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 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 nineteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 43 from three
- Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their four
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 60
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q1 9:05 · BOS 16-5 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 2:22 · BOS 76-75 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q4 6:27 · BOS 97-98 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Robert Williams III offensive foul
Q4 1:52 · BOS 101-104 UTAH
- Turnover
Robert Williams III turnover
Q4 1:52 · BOS 101-104 UTAH
- Missed FT
Jayson Tatum misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:44 · BOS 103-109 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 3:31 · BOS 51-52 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 10:22 · BOS 81-90 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Donovan Mitchell misses free throw flagrant 1 of 3
Q2 1:11 · BOS 51-50 UTAH
- Turnover
Rudy Gobert offensive foul
Q4 2:07 · BOS 101-104 UTAH
- Turnover
Rudy Gobert turnover
Q4 2:07 · BOS 101-104 UTAH
📊The numbers
| BOS | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 19 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 3 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 28 | Assists | 23 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
