⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 43 free throws to their 33- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chris Mihm Offensive Foul
Q4 4:56 · BOS 87-88 DET
- Turnover
Chris Mihm Foul
Q4 4:56 · BOS 87-88 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 2:58 · BOS 44-45 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 1:00 · BOS 47-53 DET
- Winner
Chauncey Billups made 27 ft Three Point Jumper.
Q4 2:03 · BOS 93-95 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Richard Hamilton Bad Pass. Stolen by Paul Pierce.
Q4 2:39 · BOS 93-90 DET
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:34 · BOS 93-96 DET
- Turnover
Corliss Williamson Lost Ball. Stolen by Jiri Welsch.
Q4 1:06 · BOS 95-97 DET
📊The numbers
| BOS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 37 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
