⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 12 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, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 23-7 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q2 6:47 · DET 38-43 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Charlie Villanueva double technical foul
Q4 2:39 · DET 82-105 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 0:42 · DET 44-59 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 23
Q4 5:01 · DET 82-105 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Glen Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:31 · DET 15-24 BOS
📊The numbers
| DET | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 13 | Assists | 33 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
