⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 37 rebounds to 26- A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 23-15 off them
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 1 down to 10 up
Q2 4:11 · BOS 49-39 DET
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16
Q3 4:50 · BOS 80-64 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 10 down to 1 up
Q2 1:46 · BOS 49-50 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q4 10:11 · BOS 84-75 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 64% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 64% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 30 | Assists | 17 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 16 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
