⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 40 from three
- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 in the fourth 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q4 5:02 · CHI 112-92 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 11:35 · CHI 94-82 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Evan Fournier technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:45 · CHI 65-53 BOS
- Technical
Kemba Walker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:01 · CHI 91-74 BOS
📊The numbers
| CHI | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 18 | Threes made | 11 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
