⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Won the second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to six
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 7:04 · BOS 14-9 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 4:59 · BOS 22-11 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q1 2:07 · BOS 31-14 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 20 | Threes made | 16 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 22 | Assists | 25 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
