James Wiseman had 25 points and nine rebounds, plus a nice connection with Cade Cunningham, but the Detroit Pistons were still overwhelmed by Boston.
— Jaylen Brown scored 33 points and the NBA-leading Boston Celtics won their eighth straight game, beating the short-handed Detroit Pistons 129-102 on Friday night.
Brown is listed as questionable for Sunday's game versus the Wizards due to
The Detroit Pistons may have been without Cade Cunningham and Simone Fontecchio in Boston against the Celtics on Monday night, but there were reasons to be excited. What would Jaden Ivey look like as The Man in the starting lineup? Would Marcus Sasser do well with an expanded role? Does Jalen Duren’s recent offensive success still carry over without Cade around? Well, none of those things went particularly well. Ivey had a meh 21 points, Sasser was outplayed by Peyton Pritchard, and Jalen Duren...
Boston turned it into overdrive midway through the second quarter of their Friday-night matchup with the Pistons in the Motor City.
Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown will not play Sunday in the team's game
The Detroit Pistons are entering tonight’s matchup against what might be the NBA’s best team in the Boston Celtics, and they are doing it severely depleted. Cade Cunningham and Simone Fontecchio are out tonight against the Celtics. Cunningham is being rested for continued knee management. Fontecchio, who had excelled in a starting role in place of the injured Ausar Thompson, is out with a toe contusion. Thompson remains out with what is thought to be an asthma-related issue and Quentin Grimes is...
Expert recap and game analysis of the Boston Celtics vs. Detroit Pistons
Expert recap and game analysis of the Boston Celtics vs. Detroit Pistons
D’Angelo Russell will have one fewer game to “shatter” that newly-acquired record. One game after becoming the franchise’s leader in 3-pointers in a single season, Russell will miss Sunday's game against the Pacers with a non-COVID illness, the team announced just hours before tip. After missing some time at the beginning of January with a tailbone injury, Russell has been a stalwart in the lineup for the Lakers, playing 33 of the last 34 games. The only contest he missed was against the Nuggets...
The 44-24 Milwaukee Bucks, currently slotted into the Eastern Conference's No. 2 seed, will be without one of their All-NBA stars against the No. 1-seeded Boston Celtics, who at 54-14 are 10 spots clear of the Bucks, and seem to have the conference's top seed all locked up. For a No. 2 seed, Milwaukee has been in the midst of a tumultuous year. After the team flipped All-Star combo guard Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for All-NBA superstar point guard Damian Lillard in...
NBC Sports Boston's Abby Chin 'excited and a little anxious' for Monday's