⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- They went cold, two of thirteen from three
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 took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q2 5:01 · DET 36-35 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 6:07 · DET 8-16 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
