⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 0:14 · DET 60-55 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Cory Joseph misses technical free throw
Q2 9:38 · DET 32-32 BOS
- Technical
Bojan Bogdanovic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:50 · DET 99-111 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 9:54 · DET 32-39 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Luke Kornet technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 11:13 · DET 59-55 BOS
📊The numbers
| DET | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 16 | Threes made | 18 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 27 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
