⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 22-10 off them
- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 39
- Lost the glass, 39 rebounds to 54
- Beaten inside, 44 points in the paint to 64
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 8-point lead to 17
Q3 7:13 · BOS 80-63 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 8:26 · BOS 105-91 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jerryd Bayless misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:19 · BOS 115-109 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rodney Stuckey misses technical free throw
Q1 2:29 · BOS 18-17 DET
- Missed FT
Will Bynum misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:29 · BOS 111-103 DET
- Missed FT
Will Bynum misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:38 · BOS 113-105 DET
📊The numbers
| BOS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 38 | Assists | 17 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
