⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fourteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 2:38 · DET 80-70 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dale Davis offensive foul (Kendrick Perkins draws the foul)
Q4 4:07 · DET 72-68 BOS
- Turnover
Dale Davis turnover
Q4 4:07 · DET 72-68 BOS
- Turnover
Rasheed Wallace lost ball
Q4 1:42 · DET 75-70 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- Steal
Kendrick Perkins stole it from Rasheed Wallace
Q4 1:42 · DET 75-70 BOS
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Gerald Green flagrant foul type 1 (Tayshaun Prince draws the foul)
Q4 6:07 · DET 70-64 BOS
📊The numbers
| DET | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 17 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 8 |
