⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 2:17 · DET 48-40 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 0:41 · DET 81-62 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jon Barry missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 10:41 · DET 81-64 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 9
Q4 9:33 · DET 86-77 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Antoine Walker Technical Foul
Q4 10:41 · DET 81-64 BOS
- Turnover
Rodney Rogers Bad Pass
Q4 1:34 · DET 91-84 BOS
📊The numbers
| DET | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 24 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 10 | Blocks | 1 |
