Boston get payback on the Detroit Pistons for breaking their streak

The Detroit Pistons came into the game looking to break a 5 game losing streak against the Boston Celtics. In what was an ugly and scrappy game both ways, the Boston Celtics extended the Detroit Pistons losing streak to 6.

In Australia we call the 3rd quarter the ‘championship quarter’, because that’s where good teams step up and take control of a game, and that is exactly what the Boston Celtics did in the 3rd quarter. It took the Detroit Pistons 10 field goal attempts and a shade over 5 minutes to score their first bucket.

From that moment on the Boston Celtics never relinquished the lead. They eased off the accelerator to let Detroit back into the game, but after a wide open 3 by Jayson Tatum, they had the game sealed.