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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pistons | 27 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 108 |
 Celtics | 23 | 29 | 20 | 30 | 102 |
DETTeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 34-7943.0% | 15-3839.5% | 25-3083.3% | 44 | 25 | 12 |
| BOS | 36-8243.9% | 8-2729.6% | 22-3073.3% | 44 | 15 | 10 |
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.
Detroit Pistons108| 35 | 15 | 5-16 | 2-7 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −8.2 | ||||||
| 35 | 12 | 4-11 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −3.5 | |||||
| 35 | 22 | 7-9 | 1-1 | 0 | 7-8 | +4 | +10.1 | |||||||
| 22 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +5 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 20 | 5 | 1-9 | 0-7 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −9.6 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 14 | 3-9 | 1-5 | 7-9 | 0 | +8 | −2.2 | |||||||
| 27 | 30, Career high (his best before, 20) | 10-12 | 7-7, Career high (his best before, 6) | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +16.2 | ||||
| 21 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −4.8 | ||||
| 13 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −3.6 | ||||||
| Team | 108 | 34-7943.0% | 15-3839.5% | 44 | 25 | 12 | 20 | 25-3083.3% | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||
Bench 49 points on 15 for 31 shooting
Did not play: Deividas Sirvydis and Rodney McGruder (coach’s decision); Jahlil Okafor (not with team).
Boston Celtics102| 41 | 33 | 9-22 | 3-7 | 12-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +4.9 | |||||
| 36 | 27 | 11-21 | 1-4 | 0 | 4-7 | 0 | −4 | −0.7 | ||||||
| 31 | 11 | 4-12 | 0-4 | 3-4 | +2 | −4.0 | ||||||||
| 29 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −9.6 | |||||
| 23 | 9 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.5 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −3.0 | |||||
| 22 | 8 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −4.1 | ||||
| 17 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −2.8 | |||
| 12 | 7 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | −18 | +4.4 | ||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −3.1 | ||
| Team | 102 | 36-8243.9% | 8-2729.6% | 44 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 22-3073.3% | 7 | 9 | 2 | |||
Bench 20 points on 8 for 17 shooting
Did not play: Aaron Nesmith, Tremont Waters and Tacko Fall (coach’s decision).
Pistons108Celtics102ClickTap 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.
Saddiq Bey had a career-high 30 points (21 on 7 3-pointers) and 12 rebounds, and the Detroit Pistons went on a 17-4 run in the third quarter to beat the Boston Celtics 108-102.
It was tied at 65 when Jerami Grant’s driving layup put the Pistons ahead for good with 6:38 left in the third quarter. Bey scored 8 points as they pulled away to an 82-69 lead with 1:03 left in the quarter.
The Celtics got within 95-93 on Daniel Theis’ 2 free throws with 2:10 to play, but Josh Jackson answered with a 28-foot 3-pointer, and the Celtics got no closer than 98-95.
Jackson’s free throw with 5.1 seconds left made it 106-102 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Pistons outscored the Celtics 12-7. Jackson scored 4 of the Pistons’ 12 on 1 for 1 shooting and 1 for 2 at the line.
Delon Wright had 22 points (12 in the paint) and 7 assists on 7 for 9 shooting.
For the Celtics, Jayson Tatum had 33 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists, and Jaylen Brown added 27 points. Tatum scored 15 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter.
The Pistons shot 43.0% from the field and 39.5% from 3 to the Celtics’ 43.9% and 29.6%. The Celtics got 7 offensive rebounds, about 4 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Pistons outscored the Celtics 49-20 off the bench. The Pistons outscored the Celtics 21-10 in 7 minutes with Griffin, Ellington, Grant, Wright and Jackson on the floor together.
Detroit PistonsBoston CelticsPS, 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).
83 points from the field on 79 shots: 3.1 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-23 | 65.2% | 64% |
| In the paint | 3-12 | 25.0% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 1-6 | 16.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 1-3 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 14-35 | 40.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayson Tatum | 12 | 7 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Jaylen Brown | 11 | 8 | 2-2 | +6 |
| Grant Williams | 11 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Jeff Teague | 6 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 51 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payton Pritchard | 26 | 6 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Jayson Tatum | 12 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Jeff Teague | 10 | 4 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Daniel Theis | 5 | 7 | 3-3 | +6 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 6 | 2-4 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 12 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Williams | 20 | 7 | 2-5 | +1 |
| Jayson Tatum | 16 | 2 | 1-3 | −3 |
| Semi Ojeleye | 11 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Tristan Thompson | 6 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 2 | 1-6 | −5 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 24 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.
BOS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Jackson 28' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Grant 3 AST)
Q4 1:52
20.4%
34→13
Griffin 25' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Wright 3 AST)
Q3 5:11
12.2%
46→34
Bey 27' 3PT Jump Shot (30 PTS) (Wright 7 AST)
Q4 0:39
12.2%
14→2
Ojeleye 26' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Tatum 4 AST)
Q2 1:08
11.1%
32→43
Tatum 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (13 PTS)
Q2 0:29
11.1%
32→43
