⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Hamilton misses technical free throw
Q1 0:26 · DET 16-16 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 7:24 · DET 25-37 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q2 1:30 · DET 29-49 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Paul Pierce technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q1 0:26 · DET 15-16 BOS
📊The numbers
| DET | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 14 | Assists | 19 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
