⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 29 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 38- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 36
- A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q2 8:28 · BOS 45-46 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 0:31 · BOS 72-59 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up
Q1 0:18 · BOS 35-46 CHI
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 2
Q3 0:01 · BOS 103-101 CHI
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q4 3:46 · BOS 112-126 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
DeMar DeRozan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:58 · BOS 112-118 CHI
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 15 | Threes made | 13 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 30 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
