⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
+2Q121-17
-2Q220-22
+6Q325-19
+2Q424-21
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up in the second quarter
Key battles
25Points off turnovers13
22Free throws made12
6Threes made11
8Offensive rebounds11
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up
Q2 0:00 · BOS 53-39 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 6 | Threes made | 11 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
