National Basketball Association
Detroit 96, Boston 93
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, January 1, 2021
Where: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Michigan
Officials:
#31 Scott Wall, #82 Suyash Mehta, #19 James Capers
Attendance:
N/A
By Field Level Media
Jerami Grant had 24 points and the host Detroit Pistons scored the final eight points while collecting their first win of the season, 96-93, over the Boston Celtics on Friday.
Saddiq Bey had 17 points and seven rebounds, Derrick Rose contributed 17 points, five rebounds and four assists, and Josh Jackson added 11 points for Detroit.
Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 28 points, and Jaylen Brown tossed in 25 with nine rebounds. Marcus Smart added 13 points.
Boston started the second half on a 15-7 spurt to cut the Pistons' 15-point halftime advantage to 62-55. Brown was the sparkplug, scoring eight of those points.
Bey stretched Detroit's lead to 13 with a 3-pointer with 4:22 left in the quarter. Boston then went on a 10-2 run, with Tatum scoring eight of those Celtics points on a 3-pointer, a dunk, a short jumper and a free throw.
Detroit led 79-73 entering the fourth quarter, but Brown went on a personal 7-0 run to give his team the advantage. He made a 3-pointer, a pullup and a runner.
Svi Mykhailiuk's 3-pointer with 7:16 left gave the Pistons an 86-83 lead. Tatum's 3-pointer about two minutes later moved Boston back on top, and he drained another one with 4:15 remaining to make it 93-88.
Those were the Celtics' last points of the game. Grant scored the next four points, and Rose put Detroit in front on a layup with 1:20 left. Bey made one of two free throws with 26 seconds left.
Tatum missed an open 3-pointer and Smart missed in the lane after an offensive rebound.
Mason Plumlee made one of two free throws to give the Pistons a three-point edge. Brown misfired on a 3-point attempt from the wing on the Celtics' final possession.
The two teams will play again in Detroit on Sunday afternoon.
Detroit's Blake Griffin sat out the game after suffering a concussion in the team's previous outing against Golden State on Tuesday.
The Celtics were held to 12 first-quarter points, their lowest-scoring quarter this season, and trailed 55-40 at halftime.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Boston |
|
Detroit |
|
Jayson Tatum 28 |
Scoring |
Jerami Grant 24 |
|
Marcus Smart 9 |
Assists |
Killian Hayes 6 |
|
Jaylen Brown 9 |
Rebounds |
Mason Plumlee 17 |
|
Jayson Tatum 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Jerami Grant 4 |
|
Jaylen Brown 3 |
Steals |
Saddiq Bey 2 |
|
Daniel Theis 3 |
Blocks |
Josh Jackson 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Boston
|
93 |
47.0 |
8-31 |
7-14 |
20 |
44 |
11 |
12 |
21 |
| Detroit
|
96 |
40.9 |
11-34 |
13-20 |
18 |
47 |
2 |
9 |
19 |
Upcoming Games
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Detroit will play their next game at home against Boston. The Pistons have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .200 after a loss.
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Boston will play their next game on the road against Detroit. The Celtics have a W/L % of .333 after a win and .667 after a loss.
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