⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 9 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, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, five of ten from three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 9:10 · BOS 58-54 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 7:43 · BOS 83-86 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Rajon Rondo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:37 · BOS 60-63 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 7:18 · BOS 9-4 DET
- Missed FT
Rasheed Wallace misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:10 · BOS 97-101 DET
📊The numbers
| BOS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
