On December 29, Beijing time, the NBA regular season, a "focus battle", the league's No. 1 Celtics hosted the league's bottom Pistons, and finally, the two teams battled to overtime, and the Celtics completed a 21-point reversal, defeating the Pistons without danger and ushering in 4 consecutive wins. The Pistons are on a 28-game losing streak: tying the longest losing streak in NBA history.
The Pistons have suffered a 27-game losing streak after losing the last game, and this time facing the Eastern giants Celtics, can the Pistons stop the decline of the losing streak? In the first quarter, Cunningham throws, Tatum scores four points in a row, Porzingis throws, and the Pistons then lead to seven points. Tatum and White scored five points in a row, Ivey responded with three points, and the Celtics scored back-to-back points to bite. The Pistons then led to double digits on an offensive wave, the Celtics scored seven points in a row, Hayes made a jumper to stop the bleeding, and Tatum scored three points, giving the Pistons a three-point lead over the Celtics 30-27 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Pritchard scored three points, Burks also colored, Bogda and Duren scored in a row, Pritchard made a layup, Cunningham shot a three-pointer, Holiday made a strong attack, Thompson easily dunked, Cunningham continued to score three points, Knox hooked into the net, and Wiseman ate cake and dunked to stop the Celtics. Tatum scored a layup, Ivey made a layup, Hauser made a drifting jumper, Knox hit a counterpoint, Tatum turned and continued, Cunningham and Ivey scored in a row, and the difference exceeded 20 points. Pritchard pulled out, Duren made a layup, and Pritchard scored two points to give the Pistons a 19-point lead after halftime.
In the third quarter, Tatum scored an empty basket, platinum double-handed basket dunk, Knox dunked with both hands, platinum small toss, Bogda cut into the net, and then, the Celtics continued to play a scoring offensive, especially at the end of the quarter, the Pistons suddenly lost fire, the Celtics quickly caught up with the score, and the single quarter exploded 35-16 offensive, after three quarters, the two teams played 82-82.
In the fourth quarter, the Celtics rebounded 6-2, and the Pistons adjusted in time to chase 93-93, and the score was tug-of-war, and Cunningham made free throws to regain the lead. Burks made a three-point shot, platinum also colored, Bogda flew up, and platinum scored five points in a row to overtake again. Tatum turned to hit the board, and the platinum three-pointer went to the net to stop the Pistons. Ivey scored six points in a row to tie the game. Tatum scored a layup, Bogda scored a rebound, Tatum missed the shot, and the game went into overtime.
In overtime, platinum jumper, Bogda plus two points, Ivey turned and put it in, White scored 2+1, Ivey hit a three-pointer, Holiday scored 2+1, White stopped the Pistons with three points, and the Celtics then suppressed and won without danger.