On February 27, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, and the Celtics defeated the Pistons 113-104 away from home, winning two consecutive wins while still ranking sixth in the East. In this game, the Celtics also encountered stubborn resistance from the Pistons, and the first three quarters were four points behind, but fortunately, the team found its form in the final quarter, and the single quarter exploded a 35-22 offensive attack and successfully won the game.
In this battle, the Celtics won not easily, the Pistons showed tenacious strength, in the first three quarters have been clinging to the score, did not let the Celtics take too much advantage, the third quarter of the game is a 4-point lead. And in the final quarter, the Celtics finally began to threaten, the Pistons suddenly encountered a scoring drought, the Celtics a wave of 15-2 offensive successfully opened the point difference; the backward Pistons became impatient, shot frequently iron, but also lost the opportunity to chase the final points, so the Celtics with the excellent play in the final quarter, successfully won the game.
The Celtics have definitely been one of the best teams in the past, having won 11 of their last 12 games since beating the Pistons. The strongman was still in the Eastern Conference play-offs at the beginning, but with this wave of attack, it has completely recovered and has come to the sixth position in the East, only half a win away from the Cavaliers, and the third 76ers have 1.5 wins.
As former NBA player Perkins tweeted: "The Celtics look really scary right now!" ”
The Celtics also set a record for the first in NBA history, winning all of the last seven away games with a total winning net of +167, the highest net win score in NBA history for seven consecutive away games. That includes two big wins over the Nets, a total of 58 points, and a 48-point win over the 76ers, a 33-point win over the Magic.
In this campaign, the duo of Tatum and Brown still played well, combining to score 53 points, with Brown scoring a team-high score of 27 points and Tatum having 26 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists.
In this game, the Pistons' Champion Lang Cunningham played well, playing 27 minutes, shooting 11 of 19, 1 of 6 three-pointers, 25 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, plus or minus +5 (the only positive player on the team). However, in this match, Cunningham suffered foul trouble and could not stay on the field more. After the game, he also regretted that he could not help the team to win the game.