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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final/OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pistons | 30 | 36 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 122 |
 Celtics | 27 | 20 | 35 | 26 | 20 | 128 |
DETTeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 48-10147.5% | 14-4332.6% | 12-1963.2% | 57 | 27 | 18 |
| BOS | 48-9948.5% | 11-3928.2% | 21-2584.0% | 43 | 25 | 12 |
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Boston Celtics128| 44 | 12 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 4-5 | +1 | −4.6 | ||||||||
| 43 | 31 | 11-31 | 2-11 | 7-8 | 0 | +10 | +1.2 | |||||||
| 38 | 23 | 9-15 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 0 | +8 | +3.5 | |||||||
| 37 | 8 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | +10 | +0.5 | ||||||||
| 36 | 35, Season high (his best before, 30) | 13-21 | 3-9 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +6.7 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 9 | 4-11 | 1-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −9 | −2.6 | ||||||
| 20 | 5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −2.2 | ||||
| 18 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −3.5 | |||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −0.5 | |||
| Team | 128 | 48-9948.5% | 11-3928.2% | 43 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 21-2584.0% | 11 | 10 | 4 | |||
Bench 19 points on 8 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Dalano Banton, Lamar Stevens, Luke Kornet and Svi Mykhailiuk (coach’s decision).
Detroit Pistons122| 44 | 17 | 8-21 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −4.8 | ||||||
| 43 | 31 | 12-22 | 4-6 | 3-4 | +4 | +7.4 | ||||||||
| 40 | 15 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +8.4 | |||||
| 33 | 22 | 8-15 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 0 | +8 | +4.0 | |||||||
| 18 | 6 | 3-9 | 0-6 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −4.9 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 12 | 4-13 | 4-12 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −15 | −2.0 | ||||||
| 23 | 9 | 3-7 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −5.2 | ||||||
| 13 | 6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.6 | |||||
| 12 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.6 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −4.6 | ||||
| Team | 122 | 48-10147.5% | 14-4332.6% | 57 | 27 | 18 | 21 | 12-1963.2% | 19 | 7 | 4 | |||
Bench 31 points on 12 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Marcus Sasser, Marvin Bagley III and Joe Harris (coach’s decision).
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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.
Kristaps Porziņģis scored a season-high 35 points (8 during a 10-0 run in the fourth quarter), and the Boston Celtics rallied from 21 points down in the second quarter to beat the Detroit Pistons 128-122 in overtime for their fourth straight win.
The Celtics trailed 64-43 with 45 seconds left in the second quarter and 66-47 at halftime. They outscored the Pistons 85-58 the rest of the way.
Derrick White’s 28-foot 3-pointer with 1:46 left in overtime made it 119-115, and Porziņģis’ driving dunk with 45.2 seconds left in overtime put it away at 123-117.
During clutch time, the Celtics outscored the Pistons 29-16. Porziņģis scored 12 of the Celtics’ 29 on 5 for 7 shooting and 1 for 1 at the line. In the fourth quarter, White had 4 of his 5 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Neemias Queta that tied the game and 1 on a basket by Porziņģis that put the Celtics ahead.
Jayson Tatum had 31 points (18 in the paint), a season-high 10 assists and 5 steals, and White added 23 points on 9 for 15 shooting. The Celtics had 2 30-point scorers. Tatum assisted on 6 of Porziņģis’ 13 baskets, 2 of them in the fourth quarter or overtime.
For the Pistons, Cade Cunningham had 31 points, 9 assists and 3 steals, and Bojan Bogdanovic went 1 for 7 from 3. Jaden Ivey had 22 points and a season-high 10 rebounds. Jalen Duren had 15 points and 14 rebounds.
The Pistons committed 19 turnovers to the Celtics’ 12. The Celtics’ starters outscored the Pistons 74-50 in 26 minutes together. Ivey fouled out.
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. The Celtics’ chance bottomed out at 11% (2nd quarter, 15s left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
107 points from the field on 99 shots: 2.2 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 23-31 | 74.2% | 66% |
| In the paint | 10-21 | 47.6% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-8 | 50.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-9 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-30 | 26.7% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Duren | 26 | 6 | 2-6 | −2 |
| Bojan Bogdanovic | 10 | 6 | 3-3 | +3 |
| Cade Cunningham | 6 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Kevin Knox II | 6 | 8 | 3-4 | +6 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 9 | 3-4 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Knox II | 16 | 3 | 1-4 | −3 |
| Isaiah Livers | 15 | 7 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Alec Burks | 14 | 0 | 0-2 | −5 |
| Cade Cunningham | 14 | 11 | 5-11 | +6 |
| Everyone else | 30 | 12 | 5-15 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 88 possessions. He usually scores about 33 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaden Ivey | 34 | 10 | 4-6 | +1 |
| Cade Cunningham | 11 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Jalen Duren | 7 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Bojan Bogdanovic | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 11 | 5-6 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 19 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
DET
50/50
BOS
Highest Leverage Moments
Bogdanovic 3' Tip Layup Shot (15 PTS)
Q4 0:05
42.0%
95→53
Tatum 3' Driving Layup (31 PTS)
Q4 0:09
38.9%
53→92
Ivey 24' 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Cunningham 9 AST)
Q4 1:02
29.7%
85→55
Ivey 26' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Bogdanovic 6 AST)
OT 2:32
28.7%
58→29
Ivey 6' Layup (19 PTS)
OT 3:02
21.7%
49→27
