⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth 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
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 19-8 off them
- Won the second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to eight
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 8 down to 2 up
Q3 0:49 · BOS 75-73 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Wally Szczerbiak technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:40 · BOS 54-53 DET
- Turnover
Wally Szczerbiak turnover
Q4 3:54 · BOS 80-88 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q4 9:00 · BOS 76-84 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 4:16 · BOS 80-95 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Chauncey Billups technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 0:04 · BOS 44-42 DET
📊The numbers
| BOS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
