⏱️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
▲ UTAH 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 Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 38- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 26-5 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 6
- A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q1 0:39 · UTAH 26-35 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 9:00 · UTAH 7-14 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 6:20 · UTAH 12-24 BOS
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q3 6:10 · UTAH 69-84 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kristaps Porzingis and Collin Sexton
Q4 11:14 · UTAH 78-91 BOS
📊The numbers
| UTAH | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 14 | Threes made | 17 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 24 | Assists | 27 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
