⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their seven- They went cold, seven of 37 from three
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers 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 stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 5:57 · BOS 47-33 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 1:44 · BOS 59-42 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 24
Q4 2:30 · BOS 120-96 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Tobias Harris technical foul
Q3 9:02 · BOS 68-49 DET
📊The numbers
| BOS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 20 | Threes made | 7 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 34 | Assists | 27 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
