⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their six- Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 14
- A 17-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 27 in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds 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 from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:29 · BOS 10-0 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q1 6:05 · BOS 23-8 UTAH
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 27
Q1 0:27 · BOS 42-15 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaylen Brown technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:39 · BOS 77-46 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 28
Q2 5:25 · BOS 54-26 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 27
Q2 0:28 · BOS 71-44 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 17 | Threes made | 6 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 24 | Assists | 23 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
