DETROIT (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 33 points and the NBA-leading Boston Celtics won their eighth straight, beating the short-handed Detroit Pistons 129-102 on Friday night.
Boston improved to 56-15, a winning percentage of .800. Detroit is tied with Washington for last in the league at 12-58, 44 games behind the Celtics.
Peyton Pritchard added 20 points and Derrick White had 19 points and 11 assists. Jayson Tatum sat out the game against Detroit to rest his ankle for the second time in five days, also missing Monday night’s 119-94 home win.
James Wiseman had a season-high 24 points for Detroit and Jaden Ivey had 16. The Pistons have lost nine in a row against Boston.
The Pistons were without five of their best players in Jalen Duren (back), Stanley Umude (ankle), Simone Fontecchio (finger), Isaiah Stewart (hamstring) and Ausar Thompson (illness). This left them with a low starting lineup with Tosan Evboumwan, Troy Brown Jr. and Wiseman.
Tied at 43 in the second quarter, Boston took control in a stretch that included parts of the second and third quarters. The Celtics went on a 47-21 run to take a 90-64 lead with 6:10 left in the third.
2024-03-23 01:55:20
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