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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pistons | 16 | 28 | 24 | 31 | 99 |
 Celtics | 27 | 32 | 34 | 30 | 123 |
DETTeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 42-9842.9% | 7-3718.9% | 8-1080.0% | 43 | 27 | 8 |
| BOS | 46-9051.1% | 20-4841.7% | 11-1384.6% | 51 | 34 | 14 |
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 Celtics123| 31 | 23 | 7-13 | 7-12 | 0 | 2-2 | +14 | +8.6 | |||||||
| 30 | 19 | 8-18 | 2-7 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +23 | +1.0 | ||||||
| 30 | 14 | 6-12 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | +30 | −0.2 | |||||||
| 25 | 12 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +17 | +4.3 | ||||||
| 20 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −3.3 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 27 | 10-20 | 7-15 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +22 | +9.7 | ||||
| 19 | 5 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −2.4 | ||||||
| 18 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −6 | −3.3 | |||||||
| 13 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −0.5 | |||||
| 13 | 12 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +16 | +7.1 | |||||
| 7 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.7 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.8 | |
| Team | 123 | 46-9051.1% | 20-4841.7% | 51 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11-1384.6% | 8 | 6 | 4 | |||
Bench 53 points on 20 for 36 shooting
Did not play: Jayson Tatum (injury/illness).
Detroit Pistons99| 35 | 18 | 9-22 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | −19 | −2.6 | |||||||
| 28 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −11 | −3.0 | ||||
| 27 | 10 | 3-14 | 2-9 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −17 | −5.2 | |||||
| 26 | 9 | 4-9 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | +0.7 | ||||
| 19 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | −8 | +0.5 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | 26, Career high (his best before, 14) | 11-14 | 2-5 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +8.7 | |||||
| 17 | 9 | 4-7 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | +2 | +4.9 | |||||||
| 17 | 6 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −3.1 | |||||
| 16 | 5 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −27 | −1.9 | |||
| 15 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −6 | −0.2 | |||||
| 13 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −4.5 | |||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +0.1 | |||||
| Team | 99 | 42-9842.9% | 7-3718.9% | 43 | 27 | 8 | 12 | 8-1080.0% | 9 | 8 | 4 | |||
Bench 54 points on 22 for 45 shooting
Celtics123Pistons99ClickTap 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.
Payton Pritchard had 27 points (21 on 7 3-pointers) and 10 assists, and the defending champion Boston Celtics beat the Detroit Pistons 123-99.
The Celtics led by as many as 32, pulling away with a 25-11 run bridging the second and third quarters.
Derrick White scored 23 points with 7 3-pointers.
For the Pistons, Ronald Holland II scored a career-high 26 points (20 in the fourth quarter) on 11 for 14 shooting off the bench. Holland scored 20 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter.
The Celtics shot 51.1% from the field and 41.7% from 3 to the Pistons’ 42.9% and 18.9%. The Celtics made 20 3-pointers, 7 of them by White and 7 by Pritchard. The Pistons got 9 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Celtics outscored the Pistons 20-9 in 5 minutes with Holiday, Porziņģis, Brown, White and Pritchard on the floor together.
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).
112 points from the field on 90 shots: 15.0 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-19 | 78.9% | 66% |
| In the paint | 8-16 | 50.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 3-7 | 42.9% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-9 | 22.2% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 18-39 | 46.2% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Sasser | 14 | 5 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 7 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Simone Fontecchio | 6 | 3 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Cade Cunningham | 6 | 8 | 3-3 | +6 |
| Everyone else | 26 | 8 | 3-8 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaden Ivey | 16 | 3 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Cade Cunningham | 10 | 6 | 2-5 | +3 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Ronald Holland II | 8 | 2 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 9 | 3-4 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 60 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah Stewart | 16 | 2 | 1-6 | −3 |
| Tobias Harris | 12 | 7 | 3-3 | +3 |
| Cade Cunningham | 8 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Malik Beasley | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 7 | 3-6 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 20 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
Pritchard 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Porziņģis 1 AST)
Q1 5:09
10.7%
47→58
White 27' 3PT Running Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Holiday 3 AST)
Q2 1:22
9.8%
82→92
White 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Horford 1 AST)
Q1 6:21
9.5%
49→59
White 27' 3PT Running Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Pritchard 3 AST)
Q2 4:56
9.1%
73→82
Harris 2' Running Dunk (4 PTS) (Cunningham 2 AST)
Q1 6:37
9.0%
58→49
