⏱️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 first 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 first 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
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 7:48 · DET 47-54 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chauncey Billups missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 11:00 · DET 15-26 BOS
- Turnover
Corliss Williamson Offensive Foul
Q4 3:34 · DET 68-75 BOS
- Turnover
Corliss Williamson Foul
Q4 3:34 · DET 68-75 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:19 · DET 0-9 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 9:17 · DET 19-35 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Antoine Walker Lost Ball. Stolen by Jon Barry.
Q4 4:16 · DET 67-73 BOS
📊The numbers
| DET | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 18 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 0 | Blocks | 4 |
