⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 35- Made six threes to their twelve
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their six, and were outscored 16-6 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:04 · DET 0-8 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 4:52 · DET 30-46 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
