⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
They went cold, fourteen of 56 from three- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 45
- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, twelve turnovers to their four, and outscored them 10-2 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Joe Mazzulla technical foul
Q4 5:12 · BOS 96-99 CHI
- Technical
Jaylen Brown technical foul
Q4 5:12 · BOS 96-100 CHI
- Turnover
Jayson Tatum lost ball turnover
Q4 4:16 · BOS 96-104 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 5:19 · BOS 41-44 CHI
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q4 9:56 · BOS 90-99 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Patrick Williams lost ball turnover
Q4 4:24 · BOS 96-104 CHI
- Missed FT
Zach LaVine misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:11 · BOS 102-110 CHI
📊The numbers
| BOS | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 14 | Threes made | 19 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 23 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 2 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
