On December 29, 2023, Beijing time, in today's NBA game, the 23-6 Celtics hosted the 2-28 Pistons, who have lost 27 in a row, creating a single-season losing streak in NBA history, and even counting the cross-season, 27 consecutive losses are the second in history (the first is the 76ers' 28-game losing streak). The Pistons players don't want to tie that shameful record, and the Celtics don't want the Pistons to end their losing streak on their own, which would nail themselves to the shame post. So what will happen to today's game? For the Celtics, Jaylen Brown is absent, starters: Holiday + White + Tatum + Horford + Pozin, Pistons starters: Cunningham + Ivey + Bojan + Knox + Duren.
In the first quarter of the game, Cunningham tossed, Tatum dunked, Cunningham and Bojan scored, the Pistons were 6-2, Pozin jumped, Cunningham and Ivey responded, the Pistons led by 7 points, Tatum and White chased the difference to 2 points, Ivey scored three points, Holiday and Pozin responded, the difference was 1 point, Cunningham, Duren, Livers, Wiseman played a scoring tide, the Pistons led by 11 points, Hauser and Tatum chased the difference to 4 points, Hayes shot, Tatum scored three points, and the Pistons led 30-27 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Keta and Pritchard overtook by 1 point, Burks, Bojan, and Duren overtook by 4 points, Pritchard made a layup, Cunningham, Thompson, Knox, and Wiseman responded with a difference of 13 points, and Tatum and Hauser scored after the timeout, Ivey, Knox, Cunningham, and Duren responded, and the difference came to 21 points, Pritchard scored 4 points in a row, Duren made a basket, and the difference was 19 points, and the Pistons led 66-47 at halftime.
Cunningham had 22 points, 3 assists and 3 steals on 9-of-13 shooting in the half, Tatum had 16 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists on 5-of-14 shooting, the Celtics were 4-of-24 three-pointers in the first half, and the overall shooting percentage was only 39%, while the Pistons shot 61.4% overall, which was the reason why the Celtics were behind.
In the third quarter of the game, Tatum and Bozin scored 4 points in a row, with a difference of 15 points, Knox, Bojan, and Duren scored, Pozin, Holiday and Horford and Tatum teamed up to chase points, with a difference of 10 points, Bojan shot in the middle of the game, Bozin and White scored 5 points in a row, and the difference reached 7 points, Livers scored three points, White, Horford, and Tatum teamed up to chase points, and the difference was 1 point to stop the Pistons, and after the timeout came back, Wiseman and Burks scored 5 points in a row, Tatum and Bozin tied the difference, and the two sides were 82-82 in the third quarter, and Bozin scored 12 points in this quarter.
In the fourth quarter of the game, White shot, the Celtics overtook by 2 points, Duren scored, White scored 4 points in a row, the Celtics led by 4 points, Bojan scored three points, Horford responded with three points, Cunningham and Burks hit 2 three-pointers in a row, the Pistons overtook by 2 points, Ketta dunked, Cunningham and Burks responded, the Pistons led by 4 points, Bozzin scored three points, Bojan and Ivey responded, the difference was still 4 points, Pozin scored 5 points in a row to overtake 1 point to stop the game, Tatum after the timeout came back, Pozin scored 5 points in a row, the Green Army led by 6 points to stop the game, there was 1 minute and 56 seconds left in the game, Ivey scored 6 points in a row to tie the gap after the timeout, Tatum made a layup, the Green Army led by 2 points, and there were 8 seconds left in the game, Cunningham missed a three-point shot, Bojan made a basket to tie the difference, Tatum missed a shot, and the game went into overtime.
In overtime, Bozin scored a jumper, Bojan and Ivey scored 4 points in a row, the Pistons overtook by 2 points, White 2+1, Ivey scored three points, the Pistons still led by 2 points, Holiday and White scored 6 points in a row, and the Green Army overtook 4 points to stop the game, and after the timeout came back, Duren made 2 free throws and 2 hits, White, Pozin scored 4 points in a row, the Green Army led by 6 points, the Pistons took a timeout, and after returning from the timeout, Pozin made 2 free throws and made 2 of 2 free throws, the difference was 8 points, Cunningham made a layup, Holiday made 1 of 2 free throws, Cunningham made 3 points, White made 2 of 2 free throws, Bojan missed 3 points, the game ended, the Celtics defeated the Pistons 128-122, and made a big comeback when they were once behind by 21 points.
Pozin scored 35 points and 8 boards in 13-of-21, plus-minus +12, he was the number one contributor to today's comeback, Tatum scored 31 points, 7 boards, 10 assists and 5 steals on 11-of-31 shooting, plus-minus +10, White scored 23 points, 4 boards and 5 assists on 9-of-15 shooting, Holiday had 12 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, and Horford had 8 points, 5 boards and 3 assists.
Cunningham had 31 points, 6 boards, 9 assists and 3 steals on 12-of-22 shooting, Ivey had 22 points, 10 boards and 4 assists, Bojan had 17 points, 12 boards and 6 assists, Duren had 15 points and 14 boards, and Burks had 12 points and 2 boards.
The Pistons lost 28 in a row after the loss, tying the 76ers' record, but the Pistons lost 28 in a single season, and the 76ers were across the season, so the Pistons' record is an unprecedented shameful record. The Celtics were almost nailed to the pillar of shame in this game, but fortunately, Pozin saved the team.