⏱️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 first 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 14 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 9:03 · BOS 13-6 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q1 3:14 · BOS 29-11 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 30
Q4 9:36 · BOS 102-72 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Kendrick Perkins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:03 · BOS 74-46 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 62% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 34 | Assists | 17 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
