⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the first quarter- They shot well above their usual, twenty of 39 from three
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8 in the fourth quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q1 9:25 · BOS 18-4 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q1 7:09 · BOS 26-7 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kristaps Porzingis and Isaiah Stewart
Q4 2:24 · BOS 125-115 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8
Q4 10:05 · BOS 109-101 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 2:24 · BOS 125-120 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 21 | Threes made | 20 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 51% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 30 | Assists | 27 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
