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When your opponent makes six of every 10 shots, you’re probably going to lose. That was true for the Celtics tonight, as they fell to Detroit, 116-103.
Although playing without three injured starters, the Pistons refused to miss. Mike Gorman reported on the broadcast it was the first time since 2006 that the Celts allowed 60% shooting at home. Detroit got career highs from Sekou Doumbouya and Svi Mykhailiuk as well as a throwback performance by Derrick Rose.
The Celtics wasted 25 by Gordon Hayward and 24 from Jaylen Brown.
Here’s all the bad news up front.
Pistons beat Celtics 116-103. Detroit outscores Boston 59-44 in the second half and shot a season-best 60.3 percent from the field. Ugly loss for C's.
— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) January 16, 2020
This is the best shooting night (60.3%) a team has had against the Celtics all season. Previous high was 55.2% (Washington).
— Chris Grenham (@chrisgrenham) January 16, 2020
🚗 Pistons 116 ☘️ Celtics 103
🤯 Detroit shoots 60.3% from field (14.1% above season average)
🌹Derrick Rose (22) one of 4 Pistons with 20+ points
⭐️ Based on tonight: #VoteTatum
🦌 Boston travels to Milwaukee for East showdown Thursday— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) January 16, 2020
Derrick Rose finishes a perfect 11-for-11 from inside the arc.
— Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) January 16, 2020
FINAL: Pistons 116, Celtics 103
☘️ Hayward: 25 PTS, 7 REB, 2 STL
☘️ Brown: 24 PTS, 12 REB
☘️ Walker: 19 PTS, 2 STL
🚙 Doumbouya: 24 PTS
🚙 Morris: 23 PTS, 2 STL
🚙 Rose: 22 PTS, 6 AST
🚙 Mykhailiuk: 21 PTS, 5 AST— Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) January 16, 2020
Now to the details. As usual, the Celtics were shorthanded again.
Jayson Tatum will not play tonight. Brad Stevens said he has a little tendinitis that they want to be cautious with.
— Jay King (@ByJayKing) January 15, 2020
Detroit immediately went out to an 11-4 lead and stayed ahead for the quarter.
Not … an inspired start.
— Tom Westerholm (@Tom_NBA) January 16, 2020
Slow start playing a bad team missing a bunch of guys on the day before they face Milwaukee on national tv?
Huh, who could have seen that coming?
— John Karalis 🇬🇷 🇺🇦 (@John_Karalis) January 16, 2020
No Jayson Tatum and we get an early Romeo Langford call. The rookie is set to check in with about 5 minutes to go in the 1st quarter.
— Abby Chin (@tvabby) January 16, 2020
Pistons lead 27-24 after one.
Hayward – 10 points
Walker – 8 points
Celtics – 10-24 shootingDoumbouya – 9 points
Rose – 8 points
Pistons – 9-9 two-pointers, 2-9 three-pointers— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) January 16, 2020
We had an early referendum on Andre Drummond, who picked up two fouls in the first 10 minutes (one of them a charge drawn by Langford). The big man finished with an adequate 13/13/7.
If you're one of those people who wants Boston to trade for Andre Drummond, this game should be enough to change your mind
— John Karalis 🇬🇷 🇺🇦 (@John_Karalis) January 16, 2020
Team Keep Gordon vs Team Trade Him For Andre Drummond pic.twitter.com/bSLhThxnQG
— Dan Greenberg (@StoolGreenie) January 16, 2020
Romeo stopping Drummond in the post is not a thing my brain is making up, right?
— Riffs Man (@Riffs_Man) January 16, 2020
Celtics have spent the whole quarter picking on Andre Drummond defensively. Should we trade Gordon and a first?
— Scroteburg MD (@scroteburg) January 16, 2020
Plus, he has a quirk.
As I just reported @nbcsboston, Drummond changes his jersey after every quarter. Likes to be fresh and dry. That’s according to the #Pistons broadcast team. https://t.co/UVH5OnIo56
— Abby Chin (@tvabby) January 16, 2020
Second quarter was more promising.
14-5 Celtics run by the second unit to take back the lead.
— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) January 16, 2020
Wanamaker goes behind the back for ✌️ https://t.co/Evr4Y1nLxJ
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) January 16, 2020
9️⃣ → 3️⃣6️⃣ → 2️⃣7️⃣ pic.twitter.com/WavHj3mc9x
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) January 16, 2020
Until Markieff Morris got hot for Detroit.
Morris has 15 points in 10 minutes. He's avenging his brother's (Celtics) death quite nicely. https://t.co/oMcCe1r0h9
— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) January 16, 2020
But…
Jaylen Brown has snapped out of his slump. Game-high 17 points and 6 rebounds in the first half.
— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) January 16, 2020
JB!!!
⭐️ https://t.co/bpLxUrXFhj ⭐️ pic.twitter.com/ogrWj1i1g0
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) January 16, 2020
Early returns: The #Celtics rally against the #Pistons continues, leading 59-57 at the half.
⬆️Jaylen Brown (17 pts, 14 in the 2Q)
⬆️Markieff Morris (17 pts, 15 in the 2Q)
⬇️Marcus Smart (0/5, 3 assists)
⬇️Celtics free throw shooting (1/4 shooting)— A. Sherrod Blakely (@ASherrodblakely) January 16, 2020
The Pistons, who have the 18th ranked offense and are missing a long list of dudes, shot 62.2 percent in the first half.
— Jay King (@ByJayKing) January 16, 2020
It would be nice if we played some defense but also it's been a fun and fast game because neither team is
— Ryan Bernardoni (@dangercart) January 16, 2020
Pistons remained en fuego in the third quarter.
Sekou Doumbouya is just torturing the Celtics.
— Tom Westerholm (@Tom_NBA) January 16, 2020
A 10-0 run gave Detroit an 82-73 lead, then this happened at the buzzer. It was a back-breaker.
Oh, come on 🙄 pic.twitter.com/3z3YttfEcL
— Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) January 16, 2020
Detroit just drilled a three-quarters court heave at the buzzer to build a 91-82 lead heading into the 4Q. Pistons are shooting 62.7 percent from the field.
— Marc D'Amico (@Marc_DAmico) January 16, 2020
Pistons lead 91-82 after three.
Hayward – 25 points
Brown – 19 points
Walker – 14 points
Celtics – Really bad defenseDoumbouya – 20 points
Morris – 19 points
Rose – 16 points
Mykhailiuk – 16 points
Pistons – 62.7% shooting— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) January 16, 2020
The Pistons, who don't have a single player averaging more than 18 PPG this season, have four players with at least 18 points tonight. Still almost an entire quarter to play.
— Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) January 16, 2020
Looks like the Cs picked the wrong night to load manage their best player.
— Chuck M. (@McK_Chuck) January 16, 2020
The Pistons then opened the fourth with a 17-5 run to roar ahead by 21. From the mid-fourth quarter:
19 points for Svi Mykhailiuk is a career-high. His previous high was 15 points. https://t.co/WfeXocmC20
— Chris Grenham (@chrisgrenham) January 16, 2020
After that, it was desperation and futility for Boston. Despite going on a 10-1 run, Celts couldn’t get closer than 12. A Derrick Rose jumper closed it out.
Oh Rose. Killing it in the mid-range tonight. That’s game.
— Bobby Manning (@RealBobManning) January 16, 2020
Insult to injury, a frustrated Marcus Smart got his second technical and ejection.
Marcus Smart with a parting message for referee Leroy Richardson and gets a 2 minute, 23 second headstart on showering.
— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) January 16, 2020
Marcus Smart just earned his second technical foul… he will be heading to the #Celtics locker room
Smart got tied up with Derrick Rose, and then got into it with the official
— Josue Pavón (@Joe_Sway) January 16, 2020
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