Jerami Grant made a 10-foot fadeaway with 19 seconds left, and the Detroit Pistons beat the Boston Celtics 112-111 to end an 8-game losing streak.
The Celtics led 106-98 with 4:25 left before the Pistons went on a 14-5 run.
The Celtics had the ball down 1 with 19 seconds left, but Isaiah Stewart blocked Jaylen Brown’s driving layup, lifting the Pistons’ chance to win from 76% to 80%. It would have put the Celtics ahead. They had the ball down 1 after a timeout, but Jayson Tatum missed a 20-foot fadeaway with 1.7 seconds left that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Pistons outscored the Celtics 9-5. Saddiq Bey scored 5 of the Pistons’ 9 on 2 for 2 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Derrick White had 3 steals, 1 of them during a 13-0 Celtics run, and the Celtics scored 4 points off them.
Grant scored 24 points on 8 for 13 shooting. Bey added 20 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists, and Cade Cunningham had 20 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists. The Pistons had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Celtics, Brown had 31 points and 6 assists, and Tatum added 22 points (9 in the fourth quarter). Al Horford had 19 points (10 in the paint) and 7 assists on 8 for 10 shooting.
The Celtics gave up 18 offensive rebounds, about 8 more than usual for the shots the Pistons missed. The Celtics’ starters were outscored 69-57 in 24 minutes together.