⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their nine- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 37
- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their eight
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 from level to 12 points up
Q1 5:23 · BOS 25-13 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q3 8:47 · BOS 80-55 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 21 | Threes made | 9 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 36 | Assists | 25 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 9 | Blocks | 7 |
