NBA Final Intelligence

BOS 5-2
103 โ€“ 104
FINAL
DET 6-1

Boston Celtics 103, Detroit Pistons 104 โ€” Recap

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๐Ÿ“ฐGame Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 103, Detroit Pistons 104. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 29-26 DET; Q2 BOS 22-33 DET; Q3 BOS 31-25 DET; Q4 BOS 21-20 DET.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Brown (BOS) 32 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-28 shooting; Tobias Harris (DET) 25 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-20 shooting; Jalen Duren (DET) 18 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists on 8-of-12 shooting; Payton Pritchard (BOS) 17 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-8 shooting; Sam Hauser (BOS) 16 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer ยท BOS
32 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM ยท 11-28 FG
Scoring ยท DET
25 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM ยท 11-20 FG
Scoring ยท DET
18 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST ยท 8-12 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

๐Ÿ“Š Game Flow

BOS 8 largest lead Q1 6:57 (BOS 16, DET 8) ยท 12-0 run, Q2 4:55โ€“Q2 3:19
DET 12 largest lead Q2 0:48 (BOS 44, DET 56) ยท 9-0 run, Q1 3:03โ€“Q1 1:09
Swings 9 lead changes Tied 14 times

Ahead for good: Cade Cunningham makes 8-foot floating jump shot (Q4 2:21, BOS 99, DET 101).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 4:30 Payton Pritchard makes technical free throwBOS ยท BOS 94, DET 96
  • Q4 4:30 Neemias Queta makes free throw 2 of 2BOS ยท BOS 95, DET 96
  • Q4 3:20 Jaylen Brown makes driving layupBOS ยท BOS 97, DET 96
  • Q4 2:58 Tobias Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cade Cunningham assists)DET ยท BOS 97, DET 99
  • Q4 2:44 Jaylen Brown makes free throw 1 of 2BOS ยท BOS 98, DET 99
  • Q4 2:44 Jaylen Brown makes free throw 2 of 2BOS ยท BOS 99, DET 99
  • Q4 2:21 Cade Cunningham makes 8-foot floating jump shotDET ยท BOS 99, DET 101
  • Q4 1:37 Tobias Harris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cade Cunningham assists)DET ยท BOS 99, DET 104
  • Q4 1:22 Jaylen Brown makes 2-foot driving floating jump shotBOS ยท BOS 101, DET 104
  • Q4 0:45 Jaylen Brown makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Derrick White assists)BOS ยท BOS 103, DET 104

Linescore

1234 T
BOS 29223121 103
DET 26332520 104

๐Ÿงฎ How They Scored

BOSDET
0Points in the paint0
0Fast-break points0
0Second-chance points0
0Points off turnovers0
24Bench points23
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
47.6%Effective FG%49.4%
12.7%Turnover %7.5%
30.4%Offensive rebound %22.5%
0.361Free-throw rate0.261

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Jaylen Brown G 393211201411-282-88-10+2
Derrick White G 384950211-110-62-3+9
Payton Pritchard G 3417330025-83-64-5+2
Neemias Queta C 2810813121-20-08-10+15
Sam Hauser F 2716510006-94-70-0+2
Anfernee Simons G 259301024-111-60-0-13
Jordan Walsh G 162100011-20-00-0-7
Luka Garza C 1510402023-82-52-2-8
Baylor Scheierman G 153111001-31-30-0-3
Hugo Gonzรกlez G 20000000-00-00-0-2
Xavier Tillman F 10000000-10-00-0-2

Detroit Pistons

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Cade Cunningham G-F 40163141204-170-48-10+1
Tobias Harris F 35253101111-203-80-00
Duncan Robinson F 3215321105-135-110-0-4
Jalen Duren C 3118911018-120-02-5-4
Ausar Thompson G-F 287724113-60-01-1-6
Isaiah Stewart F-C 218500112-50-24-4+8
Jaden Ivey G 177320232-32-31-2+2
Caris LeVert G 172311011-60-40-0+1
Ronald Holland II F 123411001-40-11-1+3
Javonte Green G-F 73100101-21-20-0+4

๐Ÿ”ฌ Advanced Stats

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Jaylen Brown Starter 393249.441.6+1.112.0
Payton Pritchard Starter 341783.316.4+6.89.6
Sam Hauser Starter 271688.914.3+8.116.5
Neemias Queta Starter 281078.113.8+25.313.1
Derrick White Starter 38416.214.9+11.03.2
Luka Garza Bench 151056.328.9-21.99.1
Anfernee Simons Bench 25940.920.6-23.95.3
Baylor Scheierman Bench 15350.09.4-9.74.8
Jordan Walsh Bench 16250.07.1-25.0-3.7
Chris Boucher Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Xavier Tillman Bench 0100.025.0-66.7-200.0
Josh Minott Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Hugo Gonzรกlez Bench 0200.00.0-50.0-11.8
Detroit PistonsTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Tobias Harris Starter 352562.526.6-1.612.7
Jalen Duren Starter 311863.422.7-2.912.6
Cade Cunningham Starter 401637.424.2+2.810.9
Duncan Robinson Starter 321557.718.1-4.58.5
Ausar Thompson Starter 28754.311.3-11.311.7
Isaiah Stewart Bench 21859.215.7+18.610.9
Jaden Ivey Bench 17790.217.9+11.117.6
Javonte Green Bench 07375.012.5+32.977.8
Ronald Holland II Bench 12333.813.3+14.710.9
Caris LeVert Bench 17216.717.9+5.4-13.3
Paul Reed Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Marcus Sasser Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Bobi Klintman Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Daniss Jenkins Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Chaz Lanier Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

โš”๏ธ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series BOS 1 โ€“ 3 DET
Last 22 meetings ยท since 2020-21 BOS 15 โ€“ 7 DET
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Boston Celtics 26-16 L1 L10 6-4 Next game recap: vs IND ยท Wed, Jan 21
Detroit Pistons 31-10 W3 L10 7-3 Next game recap: @ NOP ยท Wed, Jan 21

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