⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️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.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 6:22 · BOS 40-27 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eddie House misses technical free throw
Q2 6:35 · BOS 31-27 DET
- Technical
Kendrick Perkins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:00 · BOS 47-39 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 10:00 · BOS 2-13 DET
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 18
Q4 5:31 · BOS 92-74 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 17 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
