⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first 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, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their seven
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
DeMar DeRozan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:36 · CHI 45-60 BOS
- Technical
Nikola Vucevic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:22 · CHI 60-80 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jayson Tatum misses technical free throw
Q2 1:36 · CHI 45-60 BOS
📊The numbers
| CHI | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 17 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 19 | Assists | 29 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
