⏱️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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their seven- They went cold, seven of 33 from three
- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 40
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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 2 down to 8 up
Q1 11:10 · BOS 10-2 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jaylen Brown misses technical free throw
Q2 4:15 · BOS 46-39 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Isaiah Stewart technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:15 · BOS 46-39 DET
- Flagrant
Isaiah Livers flagrant foul type 1
Q4 7:37 · BOS 107-91 DET
📊The numbers
| BOS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 18 | Threes made | 7 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 31 | Assists | 15 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
