Boston @ Detroit. Current Records: Boston 9-3; Detroit 3-10. What to Know. The Detroit Pistons will be returning home after a two-game road trip.
- Feb 26, 2017 - Boston 104 vs. - Feb 04, 2022 - Boston 102 vs. - Feb 26, 2022 - Boston 113 vs. [NBA picks](https://www.sportsline.com/nba/picks/#ttag=SL19_lk_cbssports_nba_htw) for every single game, including this one, from SportsLine's advanced computer model. Regional restrictions may apply.) We'll see if they can patch up the holes in their defense before their upcoming matchup. Allowing an average of 118.54 points per game, Detroit hasn't exactly asserted themselves on the defensive end. One thing holding Detroit back was the mediocre play of shooting guard The Pistons are expected to lose this next one by 9. Detroit hasn't won a contest against Boston since February 16th, but they'll be looking to end the drought Saturday. Tatum's night made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least 31 points. The Detroit Pistons will be returning home after a two-game road trip.
Detroit will host the defending Eastern Conference Champion Boston Celtics tonight.
The Celtics will rematch against the Pistons for the second time in three games. The C's got the better of the Pistons in the first game as they won 128-112 ...
The Boston Celtics battle the Detroit Pistons at the Little Caesars Arena on Saturday, November 12 on the second night of a back-to-back.
This is the second of back to back games for both teams. The Celtics beat the Nuggets at home on Friday night while the Pistons played at the Knicks. This is ...
The Boston Celtics blew out the Denver Nuggets last night at home, and now travel to ...
The Celtics were down three key players on the second night of a back-to-back, but Jayson Tatum willed Boston to victory with a remarkable 43-point ...
He's also shooting a career-high 60 percent from the field and 50 percent from 3-point range. He has also scored 30-plus points in eight of the team's 12 games so far. Williams has scored 10-plus points in eight of his 11 games played. Tatum finished with a game-high 43 points on 14-of-28 shooting, along with 10 rebounds and three assists in 41 minutes. He scored 15 points in the quarter, helping the Celtics go into the fourth quarter leading 89-81. The Celtics looked tired in the third quarter and trailed 63-57 with 10:33 remaining.
Don't look now but the Boston Celtics are the hottest team in the NBA after yet another win Saturday.
The young star continued his red-hot tear to open the season and led the way for Boston with 43 points to go along with 10 rebounds. Tatum put the team on his back and thrived on the second night of a back-to-back. [Here's Where Celtics' Jayson Tatum Landed On NBA's Latest MVP Ladder](https://www.si.com/nba/celtics/top-stories/heres-where-celtics-jayson-tatum-landed-on-nbas-latest-mvp-ladder) [The Top 5 Plays from Wednesday's Celtics-Pistons Game](https://www.si.com/nba/celtics/top-stories/the-top-5-plays-from-wednesdays-celtics-pistons-game) [Here's What Stood Out in the Celtics' Win vs. Inside The Celtics will have content related to the game coming out before, during, and after. The Celtics and Pistons continued to trade blows throughout the quarter. The Celtics will take Sunday off and return to action Monday night as they take on the Oklahoma City Thunder back home at TD Garden with tip-off scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Jayson Tatum ended the Detroit hot streak with a basket of his own and set the tone there. The big third quarter was thanks in large part to the play of Tatum. Boston entered the third quarter facing a two-point deficit but turned things around in the third frame outscoring the Pistons 34-24 to build up an eight-point lead heading into the final quarter. Detroit was undermanned and hadn't had the season they expected to this point, but continued to fight until the last whistle. The Celtics were without the services of Jaylen Brown, Al Horford, and Malcolm Brogdon while the Pistons were missing Cade Cunningham. The Pistons likely won't want to see the Celtics anytime soon after dropping two games against Boston in just four days.
The short-handed Celtics claimed their sixth straight game with a 117-108 victory over the Pistons. Here's what happened.
On Saturday, when the Celtics tried that strategy, Bojan Bogdanovic was the player who chased the ball out to the other side of the floor. Smart tried to throw the ball off the glass for Tatum, but Tatum fumbled the catch and couldn’t throw down the alley-oop. If Smart is worried about his assists totals, he absolutely should not listen if Tatum or Brown tells him to throw it off the glass. Applying the “best player on the planet” tag to the Celtics’ star is in no way absurd. In the first half, he and Jayson Tatum found themselves alone on a fast-break. Smart was also involved in one of the funnier bloopers of the game. The Celtics won the period by 10 behind 15 points from Tatum and a last-second 3-pointer by Grant Williams. According to Synergy Sports, Tatum is second in points generated per possession among the NBA’s highest-usage players (25 possessions or more per game, a list that includes Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kevin Durant, Luka Doncic, Donovan Mitchell, and Devin Booker). NBC Sports Boston play-by-play announcer Sean Grande called Tatum “the best player on the planet” twice in the closing seconds, and there’s certainly a case to be made. In the third, however, Jayson Tatum and the Celtics exploded. As a result, both teams looked a little rocky in the first quarter. The Celtics announced before the game that Al Horford (back) and Jaylen Brown (knee) would join Malcolm Brogdon (hamstring) on the injured list, along with Robert Williams.