⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second 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
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their twelve- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 27-3 off them
- A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19 in the second quarter
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 CHI
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19
Q2 8:12 · BOS 50-31 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q3 7:46 · BOS 86-62 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 18 | Threes made | 15 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 32 | Assists | 28 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 3 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
