⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made one threes to their nine
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q4 11:38 · BOS 65-64 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Paul Pierce Technical Foul
Q4 9:56 · BOS 57-64 DET
- Technical
Paul Pierce Technical Foul
Q4 9:56 · BOS 57-64 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 2:40 · BOS 38-48 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 6:37 · BOS 45-59 DET
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q4 7:31 · BOS 65-75 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 29% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 1 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 8% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
