⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- They went cold, eight of 27 from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Payton Pritchard out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 4:48 · BOS 87-95 DET
- Missed FT
Grant Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:36 · BOS 95-101 DET
- Turnover
Daniel Theis out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:04 · BOS 102-105 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q1 4:28 · BOS 18-20 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wayne Ellington misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:16 · BOS 98-104 DET
- Missed FT
Delon Wright misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:05 · BOS 100-104 DET
- Missed FT
Josh Jackson misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:05 · BOS 100-105 DET
📊The numbers
| BOS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 15 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 15 | Assists | 25 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
