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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 31 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 122 |
 Pistons | 33 | 24 | 31 | 32 | 120 |
BOSTeam statsDET| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 49-8756.3% | 15-3345.5% | 9-1369.2% | 41 | 35 | 17 |
| DET | 41-8647.7% | 16-3644.4% | 22-2588.0% | 33 | 29 | 9 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Boston Celtics122| 37 | 24 | 10-22 | 4-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | +10.0 | ||||||
| 35 | 31 | 13-16 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +4.4 | |||||
| 34 | 17 | 5-10 | 1-5 | 6-6 | 0 | −1 | +5.0 | |||||||
| 27 | 12 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.1 | ||||||
| 25 | 15 | 7-8 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | −1 | +1.5 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +7 | −4.9 | |||||||
| 22 | 11 | 4-7 | 3-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.8 | ||||
| 17 | 5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | +3 | +1.9 | ||||||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −2.5 | |||||
| Team | 122 | 49-8756.3% | 15-3345.5% | 41 | 35 | 17 | 22 | 9-1369.2% | 12 | 4 | 5 | |||
Bench 23 points on 9 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Aaron Nesmith, Grant Williams, Carsen Edwards, Tacko Fall and Tremont Waters (coach’s decision).
Detroit Pistons120| 34 | 22 | 8-16 | 2-6 | 4-4 | 0 | +1 | +1.0 | |||||||
| 29 | 13 | 4-14 | 3-10 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.2 | ||||
| 25 | 13 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 7-8 | +2 | +6.0 | |||||||
| 24 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −5.5 | |||||
| 14 | 13 | 5-10 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +3.9 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 13 | 4-12 | 1-3 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | +6 | −1.3 | ||||||
| 20 | 6 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.0 | |||||
| 18 | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −10 | +2.1 | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | −1.7 | |||||
| 15 | 15 | 5-8 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +5.4 | |||
| 14 | 8 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −8 | +3.7 | ||||
| 8 | 6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | +4.8 | |||||
| Team | 120 | 41-8647.7% | 16-3644.4% | 33 | 29 | 9 | 16 | 22-2588.0% | 8 | 8 | 7 | |||
Bench 54 points on 19 for 37 shooting
Did not play: Deividas Sirvydis, Rodney McGruder and Wayne Ellington (coach’s decision).
Celtics122Pistons120ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Jayson Tatum made a 16-foot jumper on a pass from Marcus Smart with 2.9 seconds left, and the Boston Celtics beat the Detroit Pistons 122-120.
Jerami Grant’s 2 free throws had tied it at 120 with 22 seconds left.
The Pistons had the ball down 2 with 2.9 seconds left, but Tatum blocked Blake Griffin’s 30-foot 3-pointer. It would have put the Pistons ahead.
During clutch time, the Celtics outscored the Pistons 14-12. Smart scored 4 of the Celtics’ 14 on 1 for 2 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Tatum had 4 of his 12 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Jaylen Brown that put the Celtics ahead. With 3:59 left, Griffin stole the ball from Brown, and Svi Mykhailiuk’s free throws off it put the Pistons ahead 112-111.
Brown scored 31 points on 13 for 16 shooting. Tatum added 24 points, 8 rebounds and a career-high 12 assists, and Tristan Thompson had 12 points (10 in the paint) and 11 rebounds.
For the Pistons, Grant scored 22 points, and Mykhailiuk added 15 points on 5 for 8 shooting off the bench. Mason Plumlee had 13 points (7 at the free-throw line) and 8 rebounds. Mykhailiuk scored 13 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter.
The Pistons outscored the Celtics 54-23 off the bench.
Boston CelticsDetroit PistonsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
113 points from the field on 87 shots: 18.0 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-30 | 60.0% | 64% |
| In the paint | 8-14 | 57.1% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 8-10 | 80.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 1-6 | 16.7% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 14-27 | 51.9% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerami Grant | 43 | 15 | 6-8 | −2 |
| Saddiq Bey | 8 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Blake Griffin | 5 | 9 | 4-4 | +7 |
| Svi Mykhailiuk | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 12 | 6-6 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 39 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddiq Bey | 19 | 7 | 3-4 | 0 |
| Jerami Grant | 12 | 2 | 1-5 | −2 |
| Josh Jackson | 11 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Delon Wright | 10 | 3 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 24 | 14 | 6-13 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killian Hayes | 26 | 9 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Derrick Rose | 10 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Josh Jackson | 9 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Blake Griffin | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DET win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
BOS
50/50
DET
Highest Leverage Moments
Tatum 16' Jump Shot (24 PTS) (Smart 10 AST)
Q4 0:03
44.3%
53→8
Brown 24' 3PT Jump Shot (31 PTS) (Tatum 12 AST)
Q4 0:34
39.4%
64→24
Theis Layup (15 PTS) (Smart 9 AST)
Q4 1:56
27.0%
57→30
Grant Free Throw 2 of 2 (22 PTS)
Q4 0:22
20.5%
32→53
Mykhailiuk 26' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Bey 1 AST)
Q4 6:01
19.1%
43→62
