* Three of the first four games of this series have been decided by three points or less.
* Both teams have hit at least 40 percent of their 3-point attempts in each of the last three games this series.
* The Celtics are averaging an NBA-high 19.5 second chance points per game this postseason – four more than any other NBA team.
* Derrick Rose has tallied 59 points and 20 assists while going 15-for-16 in the two Bulls victories this series, compared to 19 points, nine assists and 1-for-3 free throw shooting in the two losses.
* Only three NBA players have blocked at least 10 shots this postseason, and two of them are Bulls (Tyrus Thomas 13 and Joakim Noah 12).
* Rajon Rondo has become the first Celtic since Larry Bird to have recorded two triple-doubles in the same series since the 1986 postseason when Bird recorded two in the Finals against Houston.
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