⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. 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, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 40 rebounds to 29- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
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
Paul Pierce Bad Pass
Q4 1:23 · BOS 98-104 DET
- Missed FT
Jiri Welsch missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 0:46 · BOS 102-108 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:39 · BOS 90-96 DET
- Turnover
Ben Wallace Lost Ball. Stolen by Ricky Davis.
Q4 3:29 · BOS 94-97 DET
- Turnover
Rasheed Wallace Lost Ball. Stolen by Jiri Welsch.
Q4 0:15 · BOS 102-110 DET
📊The numbers
| BOS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 62% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
