⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
+5Q128-23
-20Q221-38
+5Q328-25
-3Q421-24
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- They went cold, ten of 33 from three
Key battles
17Points off turnovers8
10Threes made17
6Fast break points10
30%Three-point accuracy44%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q1 10:15 · DET 11-6 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 4 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 13 | Steals | 11 |
| 18 | Blocks | 22 |
