Boston Celtics vs Detroit Pistons 113-121 — Oct 20, 2026 Box Score & Stats

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026Little Caesars ArenaAttendance 20,178

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Boston Celtics	28	30	30	25	113
CelticsBOS aheadPistonsDET ahead	+22+13
Detroit Pistons	27	18	37	39	121

Regular season · Pistons 1-0, Celtics 0-1

Pistons rally from 22 down to beat Celtics

The Detroit Pistons rallied from 22 points down to beat the Boston Celtics 121-113 on Oct. 20.

The Pistons trailed 58-45 at halftime and 72-50 with 8:32 left in the third quarter. Their chance to win fell to 4.8% with 8:07 left in the third quarter, and they outscored the Celtics 71-41 the rest of the way.

Jalen Duren had 22 points and nine rebounds, and Cade Cunningham had 22 points and eight assists. Paul George had 38 points and five steals for the Celtics.

Best performances

Detroit Pistons

Jalen Duren+7.3 PS

22 PTS9 REB1 AST

8-13 FG, 6-7 FT+0.13 wins

Javonte Green+6.2 PS

19 PTS4 REB0 AST

5-10 FG, 5-8 3P, 4-4 FT+0.13 wins

Duncan Robinson+1.5 PS

21 PTS2 REB2 AST

5-10 FG, 5-9 3P, 6-8 FT+0.14 wins


	22	4	0	8	8-18	1-6	5-5	−1	35:17	1	1	5	0	+0.1
	11	11	3	5	4-8	0-1	3-3	+12	33:15	1	0	3	3	+0.4
	22	9	3	1	8-13	0-0	6-7	−1	28:02	1	1	1	2	+7.3
	21	2	0	2	5-10	5-9	6-8	+5	27:49	1	0	3	4	+1.5
	6	5	2	1	3-7	0-3	0-0	−13	25:28	1	1	0	0	−0.6
Bench
	8	2	0	2	2-9	2-7	2-3	0	19:18	1	1	1	0	−2.2
	3	3	0	2	1-4	1-4	0-0	+5	18:16	0	0	0	2	−3.2
	19	4	1	0	5-10	5-8	4-4	+21	17:49	0	0	0	2	+6.2
	6	6	2	2	2-3	0-0	2-2	+12	16:42	1	0	2	3	+0.8
	3	2	2	3	1-3	1-1	0-0	+4	15:20	0	0	1	4	−2.1
	0	1	1	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	−4	2:45	0	1	1	2	−1.2
Team	121	49	14	27	39-8645.3%	15-4037.5%	28-3287.5%		240	7	5	17	22


	13	4	1	11	6-23	0-7	1-1	−5	37:49	0	0	2	3	−9.3
	17	1	1	8	7-13	3-7	0-0	−4	35:55	1	0	4	2	−0.2
	38	5	0	3	12-21	7-12	7-8	+9	30:35	5	0	3	5	+14.6
	4	3	1	1	2-2	0-0	0-2	−8	18:06	1	2	2	2	−1.2
	0	6	3	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	13:28	1	1	0	0	+1.1
Bench
	17	4	2	1	4-9	2-5	7-8	−10	27:30	0	0	0	2	+2.4
	3	4	1	2	1-3	0-0	1-2	+7	22:08	1	2	1	4	−2.6
	8	3	0	0	3-4	2-2	0-0	−10	18:14	1	0	1	1	+0.8
	11	4	1	1	4-7	3-5	0-0	+5	18:11	0	0	0	3	+2.1
	0	3	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	−15	9:43	0	0	0	0	−2.3
	2	2	2	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	−9	8:22	0	0	1	4	−3.5
Team	113	39	12	28	40-8845.5%	17-4240.5%	16-2176.2%		240	10	5	14	26

Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	10-14	71.4%	67%
In the paint	12-27	44.4%	45%
Mid-range	2-5	40.0%	42%
Corner 3	4-14	28.6%	39%
Above-the-break 3	11-26	42.3%	35%

Pistons rally from 22 down to beat Celtics

Best performances

Box score

Detroit Pistons121

Boston Celtics113

Why the Pistons won

The plays that decided it

Shot chart

Game flow

Game Flow

Boston Celtics 113 @ Detroit Pistons 121 — October 20, 2026 Box Score

Pistons rally from 22 down to beat Celtics

Best performances

Box score

Detroit Pistons121

Boston Celtics113

Why the Pistons won

The plays that decided it

Shot chart

Game flow

Game Flow