⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 23- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q3 8:28 · DET 76-66 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q4 11:42 · DET 97-81 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Reggie Jackson misses technical free throw
Q3 9:24 · DET 63-64 BOS
- Technical
Blake Griffin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:06 · DET 85-77 BOS
- Turnover
Blake Griffin out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:58 · DET 109-101 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q2 1:04 · DET 57-60 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 7
Q4 2:43 · DET 111-104 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Jayson Tatum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:24 · DET 95-81 BOS
📊The numbers
| DET | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
