⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 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 21 threes 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.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 1:12 · BOS 31-28 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaden Ivey technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 6:36 · BOS 13-10 DET
📊The numbers
| BOS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 21 | Threes made | 11 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 30 | Assists | 24 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
