⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their eleven
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 12
Q4 4:00 · DET 84-96 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Killian Hayes misses technical free throw
Q2 6:48 · DET 21-34 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaylen Brown technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 7:22 · DET 6-11 BOS
- Missed FT
Romeo Langford misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:14 · DET 93-100 BOS
- Missed FT
Romeo Langford misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:14 · DET 93-100 BOS
📊The numbers
| DET | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 23 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
