Newer meeting, Oct 20: BOS 113, DET 121

Detroit Pistons vs Boston Celtics: player stats

Regular seasonFinal

Detroit Pistons

TD Garden · Boston, MA

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DET

Game leaders

BOS

Points
Detroit Pistons: Cade Cunningham27 PTS11-21 FG, 3-9 3P, 2-2 FT
Boston Celtics: Jaylen Brown28 PTS10-21 FG, 1-6 3P, 7-11 FT
Rebounds
Detroit Pistons: Cade Cunningham9 REB2 OREB, 7 DREB
Boston Celtics: Kristaps Porzingis9 REB4 OREB, 5 DREB
Assists
Detroit Pistons: Cade Cunningham14 AST27 PTS, 6 TOV
Boston Celtics: Derrick White11 AST14 PTS, 0 TOV

The Boston Celtics won 130-120 against the Detroit Pistons on December 4, 2024 at TD Garden. Cade Cunningham scored 27 for the Detroit Pistons, while Jaylen Brown had 28 for the Boston Celtics.

Detroit Pistons box score
Detroit Pistons
Cade CunninghamG-F	34:00	27	9	14	11-21	3-9	2-2	0	1	6	5	-7
Malik BeasleyG	33:00	23	4	1	8-16	6-11	1-1	2	0	0	1	+6
Tobias HarrisF	31:00	27	3	2	9-17	6-9	3-3	2	1	0	2	0
Jalen DurenC	25:00	5	5	2	1-5	0-0	3-6	1	0	4	4	-4
Tim Hardaway Jr.G	25:00	2	3	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	1	-16
Jaden IveyG	24:00	11	2	2	3-6	1-3	4-4	0	1	3	2	-18
Isaiah StewartF-C	22:00	2	2	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	2	-6
Marcus SasserG	19:00	12	2	2	5-7	2-3	0-0	3	0	1	2	+6
Ronald Holland IIF	16:00	7	2	3	2-4	2-3	1-2	1	1	2	2	-6
Simone FontecchioF	11:00	4	2	0	2-4	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	-5
Team	240	120	34	27	43-84	20-39	14-18	10	5	18	21

DNP: Paul Reed, Ausar Thompson, Bobi Klintman, Daniss Jenkins, Wendell Moore Jr., Alondes Williams, Cole Swider

Boston Celtics box score
Boston Celtics
Jaylen BrownG	39:00	28	6	9	10-21	1-6	7-11	3	0	4	0	+16
Derrick WhiteG	38:00	14	4	11	4-15	3-11	3-4	2	2	0	3	+5
Payton PritchardG	34:00	19	5	4	7-15	5-13	0-0	1	0	4	3	-1
Sam HauserF	31:00	20	3	0	7-12	5-10	1-1	1	0	1	1	+13
Al HorfordC-F	30:00	14	4	3	5-7	4-6	0-0	1	1	3	3	+4
Kristaps PorzingisF-C	29:00	26	9	2	8-17	3-7	7-8	0	2	2	3	+16
Luke KornetF-C	21:00	9	8	1	4-6	0-0	1-1	2	2	0	1	-4
Xavier TillmanF	8:00	0	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	+3
Jordan WalshG	7:00	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	+1
Drew PetersonF	3:00	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	-3
Team	240	130	43	30	45-94	21-53	19-25	11	7	16	14

DNP: JD Davison, Jayson Tatum, Neemias Queta, Baylor Scheierman, Jaden Springer, Jrue Holiday, Anton Watson

Team stats

Team stats: Detroit Pistons and Boston Celtics
DET	Stat	BOS
51.2%(better)43-84	Field-goal percentage	47.9%45-94
51.3%(better)20-39	Three-point percentage	39.6%21-53
77.8%(better)14-18	Free-throw percentage	76.0%19-25
34	Rebounds	43(better)
8	Offensive rebounds	14(better)
26	Defensive rebounds	29(better)
27	Assists	30(better)
10	Steals	11(better)
5	Blocks	7(better)
18	Turnovers	16(better)
21	Personal fouls	14(better)

Team advanced
DET	Stat	BOS
104.5	Pace	104.5
114.9	Off. rating	124.4(better)
124.4	Def. rating	114.9(better)
-9.6	Net rating	9.6(better)
65.3(better)	TS%	61.9
63.1(better)	eFG%	59.0
16.4	TOV%	13.2(better)
21.6	OREB%	35.0(better)
0.214	FT rate	0.266(better)
46.4	3PA rate	56.4(better)

Keel projection

How the projections do →

Replayed with a fit on another season: the model had not seen this game.

DET 9%BOS 91%

Expected margin: BOS by 16.9
Result: BOS by 10: The projection called it.

The projected margin was 6.9 pts from the result. Its largest input: Roster strength (Impact × minutes), 7.9 pts toward BOS. 4 more inputs are in Pro

Season series

DET 1, BOS 3

Oct 26Boston Celtics 124, Detroit Pistons 118
Dec 4 · this gameDetroit Pistons 120, Boston Celtics 130
Dec 12Detroit Pistons 99, Boston Celtics 123
Feb 26Boston Celtics 97, Detroit Pistons 117

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