⏱️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, 11 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 2 in the fourth quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 4:29 · BOS 28-21 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q3 9:03 · BOS 68-60 DET
- Steal
Marcus Smart stole it from Blake Griffin
Q4 0:10 · BOS 105-102 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Brad Stevens technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:21 · BOS 90-88 DET
- Missed FT
Jayson Tatum misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:00 · BOS 108-105 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 2
Q4 10:32 · BOS 90-88 DET
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q4 0:57 · BOS 107-105 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Stanley Johnson traveling
Q4 1:19 · BOS 98-94 DET
- Turnover
Blake Griffin bad pass
Q4 0:10 · BOS 105-102 DET
- Turnover
Blake Griffin bad pass
Q4 0:10 · BOS 105-102 DET
📊The numbers
| BOS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 17 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
