⏱️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
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️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.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 8:42 · DET 60-67 BOS
- Go-ahead
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope hit a 26-foot three jumper, Aron Baynes with the assist
Q4 2:08 · DET 96-94 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tobias Harris misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:22 · DET 85-88 BOS
- Missed FT
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:17 · DET 96-101 BOS
- Missed FT
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:17 · DET 96-101 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 7:35 · DET 9-17 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 6:13 · DET 35-47 BOS
- Winner
Jaylen Brown hit a 24-foot three jumper, Al Horford with the assist
Q4 0:37 · DET 96-98 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jaylen Brown misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:45 · DET 96-94 BOS
- Missed FT
Jaylen Brown misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:37 · DET 96-98 BOS
- Missed FT
Isaiah Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:24 · DET 96-100 BOS
📊The numbers
| DET | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 12 | Threes made | 12 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
