Celtics
Boston
Eastern Conference
Atlantic
29
22
51
1748
1376
21
7
33
96
42
44
13
11
85
43
6
49
7
28
8
10
24
102
4
67
32
48
2621
1211
46
07
05
71
1213
11
1224
02
108
14
14
2729
6060
53
11
21
2623
109
4
15
15
100
108
31
139
32
64
21
32
2224
6060
6
3
50
26
12
46
0
0
0
12
1
13
0
10
1
1
27
60
7
2
29
21
11
52
7
5
71
13
1
14
2
8
4
4
29
60
5
1
20
26
10
38
1
1
100
10
3
13
3
6
2
3
22
60
3
1
33
23
9
39
5
5
100
8
1
9
2
4
1
2
24
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Avery
Bradley
Avery Bradley
True
35
7
15
47
1
2
50
0
0
0
1
3
4
3
0
0
1
1
15
-8
none
Isaiah
Thomas
Isaiah Thomas
True
33
7
17
41
2
4
50
1
2
50
1
4
5
7
1
0
2
3
17
14
none
Jae
Crowder
Jae Crowder
True
31
5
12
42
0
3
0
2
3
67
0
6
6
0
4
0
0
5
12
0
none
Amir
Johnson
Amir Johnson
True
21
2
4
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
2
0
1
1
1
4
8
none
Jared
Sullinger
Jared Sullinger
True
18
6
11
55
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
5
1
1
2
3
12
9
none
Marcus
Smart
Marcus Smart
False
28
4
10
40
4
7
57
0
0
0
0
4
4
1
1
0
1
1
12
9
none
Evan
Turner
Evan Turner
False
26
4
8
50
0
0
0
6
6
100
0
6
6
5
0
2
2
3
14
-3
none
Kelly
Olynyk
Kelly Olynyk
False
18
3
10
30
0
4
0
0
0
0
1
6
7
1
0
0
0
3
6
7
none
Tyler
Zeller
Tyler Zeller
False
13
2
4
50
0
0
0
2
2
100
1
4
5
4
1
3
0
2
6
-3
none
Jonas
Jerebko
Jonas Jerebko
False
12
2
5
40
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
4
5
0
0
0
1
2
4
2
none
R.J.
Hunter
R.J. Hunter
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
David
Lee
David Lee
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
James
Young
James Young
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
5
February
2016
Friday
Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland
Cavaliers
Cleveland
False
Pistons
Detroit
Eastern Conference
Central
26
24
50
1913
2074
34
11
32
85
32
38
28
20
71
39
9
48
5
18
3
16
18
95
4
58
02
3
1826
67
4
66
44
67
1010
14
1024
00
54
11
44
1620
6060
813
54
7
1922
910
47
214
111
52
109
04
113
41
54
01
62
2435
6060
5
0
0
18
6
33
6
4
67
10
1
11
0
5
1
4
16
60
8
2
25
26
7
27
6
4
67
10
4
14
0
4
1
4
20
60
8
5
62
19
9
47
2
1
50
10
0
10
4
5
0
6
24
60
13
4
31
22
10
45
14
11
79
9
4
13
1
4
1
2
35
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Marcus
Morris
Marcus Morris
True
36
4
17
24
2
6
33
5
6
83
2
5
7
4
0
0
2
2
15
-4
none
Reggie
Jackson
Reggie Jackson
True
33
5
9
56
3
6
50
4
4
100
0
1
1
7
0
1
3
4
17
8
none
Andre
Drummond
Andre Drummond
True
32
6
11
55
0
0
0
4
6
67
1
12
13
0
0
2
1
2
16
-5
double
Ersan
İlyasova
Ersan İlyasova
True
26
6
11
55
2
3
67
2
4
50
0
2
2
0
0
0
3
1
16
-1
none
Kentavious
Caldwell-Pope
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
True
15
2
6
33
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
2
1
4
-12
none
Stanley
Johnson
Stanley Johnson
False
30
4
13
31
3
10
30
0
0
0
1
8
9
2
0
0
3
3
11
-1
none
Brandon
Jennings
Brandon Jennings
False
19
2
8
25
0
3
0
1
2
50
0
2
2
3
0
1
0
2
5
-14
none
Anthony
Tolliver
Anthony Tolliver
False
18
1
4
25
1
4
25
0
0
0
1
3
4
0
0
0
2
2
3
-8
none
Aron
Baynes
Aron Baynes
False
15
0
3
0
0
0
0
4
6
67
2
3
5
0
2
1
0
1
4
-2
none
Darrun
Hilliard
Darrun Hilliard
False
12
2
3
67
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
4
4
none
Joel
Anthony
Joel Anthony
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Steve
Blake
Steve Blake
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Reggie
Bullock
Reggie Bullock
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
4
February
2016
Thursday
Palace of Auburn Hills
Detroit
Knicks
New York
True
The surging Boston Celtics ( 28 - 22 ) defeated the Detroit Pistons ( 26 - 24 ) 102 - 95 on Wednesday at TD Garden . Under coach Brad Stevens , the young Celtics have exceeded many preseason predictions to this point in the season . Boston holds the league 's second - best defensive rating , and currently remains tied with Atlanta for the third seed in the Eastern Conference . Wednesday 's win over Detroit marked the Celtics ' seventh victory in eight games . First-time All-Star Isaiah Thomas once again led the Celtics in scoring on Wednesday , scoring 17 points while also leading the team with seven assists . Guard Avery Bradley , meanwhile , scored 15 of his own to go with four rebounds and three assists . Backup Evan Turner provided another strong backcourt performance off the bench , dropping in 14 points , six rebounds , and five assists . Detroit , on the other hand , has dropped three of their last four contests . The team struggled to get it going from the field , shooting just 38 percent as a unit . Forward Marcus Morris went just 4 - for - 17 on the night , while rookie Stanley Johnson also struggled , going 4 - for - 13 . Big man Andre Drummond , meanwhile , continued to expand upon his league leading double - double total , recording 16 points and 13 rebounds in Boston . Boston will travel to Cleveland to take on the Cavaliers on Friday . Meanwhile , Detroit will host the Knicks on Thursday for the second half of their back - to - back .
The surging Boston Celtics (28 - 22) defeated the Detroit Pistons (26 - 24) 102 - 95 on Wednesday at TD Garden. Under coach Brad Stevens, the young Celtics have exceeded many preseason predictions to this point in the season. Boston holds the league's second - best defensive rating, and currently remains tied with Atlanta for the third seed in the Eastern Conference. Wednesday's win over Detroit marked the Celtics' seventh victory in eight games. First-time All-Star Isaiah Thomas once again led the Celtics in scoring on Wednesday, scoring 17 points while also leading the team with seven assists. Guard Avery Bradley, meanwhile, scored 15 of his own to go with four rebounds and three assists. Backup Evan Turner provided another strong backcourt performance off the bench, dropping in 14 points, six rebounds, and five assists. Detroit, on the other hand, has dropped three of their last four contests. The team struggled to get it going from the field, shooting just 38 percent as a unit. Forward Marcus Morris went just 4 - for - 17 on the night, while rookie Stanley Johnson also struggled, going 4 - for - 13. Big man Andre Drummond, meanwhile, continued to expand upon his league leading double - double total, recording 16 points and 13 rebounds in Boston. Boston will travel to Cleveland to take on the Cavaliers on Friday. Meanwhile, Detroit will host the Knicks on Thursday for the second half of their back - to - back.
The surging Boston Celtics (28 - 22) defeated the Detroit Pistons (26 - 24) 102 - 95 on Wednesday at TD Garden. Under coach Brad Stevens, the young Celtics have exceeded many preseason predictions to this point in the season. Boston holds the league's second - best defensive rating, and currently remains tied with Atlanta for the third seed in the Eastern Conference. Wednesday's win over Detroit marked the Celtics' seventh victory in eight games. First-time All-Star Isaiah Thomas once again led the Celtics in scoring on Wednesday, scoring 17 points while also leading the team with seven assists. Guard Avery Bradley, meanwhile, scored 15 of his own to go with four rebounds and three assists. Backup Evan Turner provided another strong backcourt performance off the bench, dropping in 14 points, six rebounds, and five assists. Detroit, on the other hand, has dropped three of their last four contests. The team struggled to get it going from the field, shooting just 38 percent as a unit. Forward Marcus Morris went just 4 - for - 17 on the night, while rookie Stanley Johnson also struggled, going 4 - for - 13. Big man Andre Drummond, meanwhile, continued to expand upon his league leading double - double total, recording 16 points and 13 rebounds in Boston. Boston will travel to Cleveland to take on the Cavaliers on Friday. Meanwhile, Detroit will host the Knicks on Thursday for the second half of their back - to - back.
<GAME> <DATE> 3 February 2016 <DAY> Wednesday <STADIUM> TD Garden <CITY> Boston <HOME> <TEAM> Celtics <CITY> Boston <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 102 <WINS-LOSSES> 29 22 <QTRS> 27 29 22 24 <TEAM-AST> 28 <3PT> 7 <TEAM-FG> 42 <TEAM-FT> 11 <TEAM-REB> 49 <TEAM-TO> 10 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 5 February 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Friday <NEXT-STADIUM> Quicken Loans Arena <NEXT-CITY> Cleveland <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Cleveland <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Cavaliers <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <VIS> <TEAM> Pistons <CITY> Detroit <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 95 <WINS-LOSSES> 26 24 <QTRS> 16 20 24 35 <TEAM-AST> 18 <3PT> 11 <TEAM-FG> 32 <TEAM-FT> 20 <TEAM-REB> 48 <TEAM-TO> 16 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 4 February 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Thursday <NEXT-STADIUM> Palace of Auburn Hills <NEXT-CITY> Detroit <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> New York <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Knicks <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <PLAYER> Isaiah Thomas <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 33 <PTS> 17 <FG> 7 17 41 <FG3> 2 4 50 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 5 <AST> 7 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Avery Bradley <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 35 <PTS> 15 <FG> 7 15 47 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Evan Turner <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 14 <FG> 4 8 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 6 6 100 <REB> 6 <AST> 5 <STL> 0 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Marcus Smart <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 28 <PTS> 12 <FG> 4 10 40 <FG3> 4 7 57 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jared Sullinger <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 18 <PTS> 12 <FG> 6 11 55 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 5 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jae Crowder <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 31 <PTS> 12 <FG> 5 12 42 <FG3> 0 3 0 <FT> 2 3 67 <REB> 6 <AST> 0 <STL> 4 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tyler Zeller <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 13 <PTS> 6 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 5 <AST> 4 <STL> 1 <BLK> 3 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kelly Olynyk <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 18 <PTS> 6 <FG> 3 10 30 <FG3> 0 4 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 7 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jonas Jerebko <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 12 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 5 40 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 5 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Amir Johnson <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-9 <MIN> 21 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> James Young <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> David Lee <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> R. J. Hunter <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Reggie Jackson <TEAM> Detroit Pistons <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 33 <PTS> 17 <FG> 5 9 56 <FG3> 3 6 50 <FT> 4 4 100 <REB> 1 <AST> 7 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ersan İlyasova <TEAM> Detroit Pistons <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 16 <FG> 6 11 55 <FG3> 2 3 67 <FT> 2 4 50 <REB> 2 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Andre Drummond <TEAM> Detroit Pistons <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 32 <PTS> 16 <FG> 6 11 55 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 4 6 67 <REB> 13 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 12 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Marcus Morris <TEAM> Detroit Pistons <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 15 <FG> 4 17 24 <FG3> 2 6 33 <FT> 5 6 83 <REB> 7 <AST> 4 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 2 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Stanley Johnson <TEAM> Detroit Pistons <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 30 <PTS> 11 <FG> 4 13 31 <FG3> 3 10 30 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 9 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 8 <OREB> 1 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Brandon Jennings <TEAM> Detroit Pistons <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 19 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 8 25 <FG3> 0 3 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 2 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Darrun Hilliard <TEAM> Detroit Pistons <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 12 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 3 67 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Aron Baynes <TEAM> Detroit Pistons <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 4 <FG> 0 3 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 4 6 67 <REB> 5 <AST> 0 <STL> 2 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kentavious Caldwell-Pope <TEAM> Detroit Pistons <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 6 33 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Anthony Tolliver <TEAM> Detroit Pistons <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-9 <MIN> 18 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 4 25 <FG3> 1 4 25 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Reggie Bullock <TEAM> Detroit Pistons <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Steve Blake <TEAM> Detroit Pistons <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Joel Anthony <TEAM> Detroit Pistons <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none