⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- They went cold, three of twenty from three
- Lost the glass, 34 rebounds to 46
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
- Turnover
Tayshaun Prince lost ball
Q4 4:00 · DET 86-92 BOS
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:13 · DET 90-95 BOS
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:13 · DET 90-95 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rasheed Wallace bad pass
Q4 4:18 · DET 86-92 BOS
- Missed FT
Kevin Garnett misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:00 · DET 88-95 BOS
- Turnover
Ray Allen turnover
Q4 0:49 · DET 93-97 BOS
📊The numbers
| DET | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
