⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 19-6 off them- Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 32
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 9:46 · DET 37-31 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 2:38 · DET 58-44 BOS
- Go-ahead
Tobias Harris hit a 25-foot three jumper, Cade Cunningham with the assist
Q4 2:58 · DET 99-97 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
J.B. Bickerstaff technical foul
Q4 9:50 · DET 88-87 BOS
- Technical
Duncan Robinson technical foul
Q4 4:30 · DET 96-93 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q3 11:25 · DET 61-60 BOS
- Ties it
Jaylen Brown hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:44 · DET 99-99 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Derrick White misses technical free throw
Q4 9:50 · DET 88-87 BOS
- Missed FT
Jaylen Brown misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:58 · DET 101-99 BOS
- Missed FT
Jaylen Brown misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:58 · DET 101-99 BOS
📊The numbers
| DET | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 11 | Threes made | 13 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 24 | Assists | 13 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
