⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 36- Made two threes to their nine
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 8:57 · BOS 14-6 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mark Blount Lost Ball. Stolen by Danny Manning .
Q4 3:36 · BOS 93-86 DET
- Turnover
Mark Blount Bad Pass. Stolen by Danny Manning .
Q4 2:40 · BOS 93-89 DET
- Turnover
Bimbo Coles Bad Pass. Stolen by Danny Manning .
Q4 0:26 · BOS 97-92 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 2 | Threes made | 9 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 92 | Points off turnovers | 99 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
