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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pistons | 25 | 28 | 32 | 27 | 112 |
 Celtics | 33 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 105 |
DETTeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 41-8946.1% | 13-3636.1% | 17-2568.0% | 39 | 21 | 10 |
| BOS | 38-8246.3% | 10-3925.6% | 19-2770.4% | 37 | 16 | 12 |
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Detroit Pistons112| 36 | 32 | 11-21 | 6-10, Season high (his best before, 4) | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +8.8 | ||||||
| 32 | 13 | 4-11 | 0-5 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −1.1 | |||||
| 29 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | −4.0 | ||||||
| 26 | 7 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −3.5 | |||||
| 23 | 7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-7 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −4.6 | ||||
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| 22 | 7 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +1 | +1.7 | ||||
| 21 | 10 | 4-11 | 1-7 | 1-1 | 0 | +1 | −1.1 | |||||||
| 19 | 13 | 5-10 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +0.9 | ||||||
| 14 | 9 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −1.7 | |||
| 14 | 8 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +5.8 | ||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.5 | |||
| Team | 112 | 41-8946.1% | 13-3636.1% | 39 | 21 | 10 | 20 | 17-2568.0% | 12 | 9 | 3 | |||
Bench 47 points on 18 for 41 shooting
Did not play: Marcus Sasser, Paul Reed and Chaz Lanier (coach’s decision).
Boston Celtics105| 40 | 34 | 13-25 | 1-5 | 7-14 | −6 | +6.2 | ||||||||
| 38 | 31, Season high (his best before, 30) | 10-18 | 5-12 | 6-7 | −16 | +4.2 | ||||||||
| 35 | 12 | 5-14 | 2-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −4.5 | ||||
| 34 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | +5 | −0.5 | |||||||
| 18 | 8 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +0.4 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 9 | 3-9 | 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −5.7 | |||
| 16 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −2.2 | |||||
| 15 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −5.4 | |||
| 13 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −4.6 | ||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.9 | |
| Team | 105 | 38-8246.3% | 10-3925.6% | 37 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 19-2770.4% | 7 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 14 points on 5 for 17 shooting
Did not play: Chris Boucher, Luka Garza, Xavier Tillman and Amari Williams (coach’s decision).
Pistons112Celtics105ClickTap 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.
Cade Cunningham had 32 points (18 on 6 3-pointers) and 10 assists, and the Detroit Pistons beat the Boston Celtics 112-105 for their fourth straight win.
Jaden Ivey’s reverse layup put the Pistons ahead for good with 3:09 left in the third quarter.
The Celtics got within 104-102 on Derrick White’s 9-foot fadeaway with 2:46 to play, but Tobias Harris answered with 2 free throws, and the Celtics got no closer than 108-105.
During clutch time, the Pistons outscored the Celtics 7-2. Cunningham (No. 7 in clutch points, 2025-26) scored 4 of the Pistons’ 7 on 2 for 3 shooting. Late in the fourth quarter, Javonte Green had 2 of his 3 steals, and the Pistons scored 2 points off them.
For the Celtics, Jaylen Brown had 34 points (7 during a 14-0 run in the first quarter), 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks, and White added 31 points with 5 3-pointers. The Celtics had 2 30-point scorers.
The Pistons grabbed 12 offensive rebounds to the Celtics’ 7 and outscored them 47-14 off the bench. The Celtics forced 11 turnovers, about 4 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Celtics outscored the Pistons 11-0 in 3 minutes with Brown, Simons, Queta, Pritchard and González on the floor together.
Detroit PistonsBoston CelticsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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. The Pistons’ chance bottomed out at 19% (2nd quarter, 11:07 left).
95 points from the field on 89 shots: 2.2 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-18 | 77.8% | 67% |
| In the paint | 8-18 | 44.4% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 6-17 | 35.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-6 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-30 | 36.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Walsh | 12 | 10 | 3-4 | +6 |
| Derrick White | 10 | 7 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Baylor Scheierman | 9 | 7 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Hugo González | 8 | 3 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 24 | 5 | 2-7 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 63 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick White | 19 | 4 | 2-5 | −1 |
| Jaylen Brown | 16 | 2 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Payton Pritchard | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Anfernee Simons | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 7 | 2-5 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 54 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anfernee Simons | 13 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Jaylen Brown | 6 | 2 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Jordan Walsh | 5 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Neemias Queta | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 6 | 2-5 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 39 possessions. He usually scores about 9 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.
Score margin over time — positive = BOS leads, negative = DET leads
BOS Largest Lead
12
Q2 11:07
DET Largest Lead
10
Q4 5:53
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
BOS 14-0 run
Q1 6:17 – Q1 2:09
-5 → +9
DET 9-0 run
Q2 8:45 – Q2 6:46
+7 → -2
