⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower 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, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their seventeen- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eleven
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 1-point lead to 10
Q2 1:24 · BOS 51-41 DET
- Go-ahead
Jae Crowder hit a driving layup, Evan Turner with the assist
Q4 1:10 · BOS 87-86 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brandon Bass misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 3:27 · BOS 83-79 DET
- Turnover
Avery Bradley bad pass
OT 3:42 · BOS 88-93 DET
- Turnover
Avery Bradley bad pass
OT 3:21 · BOS 88-93 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- Ties it
Reggie Jackson hit a 8-foot two point shot
Q4 0:58 · BOS 88-88 DET
- Winner
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope hit a 4-foot jumper
OT 4:41 · BOS 88-90 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q4 0:58 · BOS 88-95 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Reggie Jackson offensive foul (Avery Bradley draws the foul)
OT 3:36 · BOS 88-93 DET
- Turnover
Reggie Jackson turnover
OT 3:36 · BOS 88-93 DET
- Turnover
Reggie Jackson turnover
OT 2:33 · BOS 90-95 DET
📊The numbers
| BOS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 10 |
