⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Went cold from three, five of nineteen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 2:33 · DET 53-39 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 11
Q4 7:18 · DET 95-84 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 7:41 · DET 69-46 BOS
📊The numbers
| DET | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 27 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
