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Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons

7:00 PM

Matchup preview

Last season: too early in this one to read much from it

Matchup odds

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Who wins?

BOS

Season leaders, per game

DET
The teams side by side: Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons compared, with league ranks
BOSStatDET
56–26Record60–22
Offense
7.9, 4th in the leagueNet rating3rd in the league, 8.0(better)
118.1(better), 2nd in the leagueOffensive rating10th in the league, 115.4
97.1, 30th in the leaguePace16th in the league, 101.4
55.3(better), 11th in the leagueeFG%16th in the league, 54.6
10.5(better), 1st in the leagueTOV%17th in the league, 12.3
29.2, 6th in the leagueOREB%3rd in the league, 30.9(better)
0.207, 30th in the leagueFT rate5th in the league, 0.292(better)
Defense
110.2, 4th in the leagueDefensive rating2nd in the league, 107.4(better)
52.3, 4th in the leagueOpp. eFG%1st in the league, 51.7(better)
11.0, 26th in the leagueOpp. TOV%1st in the league, 14.1(better)
75.7(better), 4th in the leagueDREB%14th in the league, 74.2
0.245(better), 6th in the leagueOpp. FT rate30th in the league, 0.319

This season's meetings

They have not met this season.

Injury report

Boston Celtics

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Detroit Pistons

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Key players · BOS: Boston Celtics key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Derrick White34.116.54.45.411.2 / 3.2 / 4.05.0
Payton Pritchard32.417.03.95.217.8 / 2.8 / 5.61.8
Paul George30.617.35.33.615.0 / 4.6 / 2.62.4
Neemias Queta25.310.28.41.713.2 / 8.4 / 2.63.9
Sam Hauser24.79.23.81.511.2 / 4.2 / 2.61.5
Key players · DET: Detroit Pistons key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Cade Cunningham33.923.95.59.914.6 / 4.0 / 8.04.3
Jalen Duren28.219.510.52.019.4 / 9.6 / 3.63.6
Duncan Robinson27.412.22.72.114.8 / 2.4 / 2.22.3
John Collins27.113.65.31.013.4 / 6.2 / 1.2-0.8
Ausar Thompson26.09.95.73.110.2 / 4.4 / 4.44.1

Last five games

Boston Celtics: Boston Celtics: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
May 2 vs PHILost 100–109––
Apr 30 @ PHILost 93–106––
Apr 28 vs PHILost 97–113––
Apr 26 @ PHIWon 128–96––
Apr 24 @ PHIWon 108–100––
Detroit Pistons: Detroit Pistons: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
May 17 vs CLELost 94–125––
May 15 @ CLEWon 115–94––
May 13 vs CLELost 113–117––
May 11 @ CLELost 103–112––
May 9 @ CLELost 109–116––
Eastern Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBL10
1DET6022.732–8-2
2BOS5626.68348-2
3NYK5329.64676-4
4CLE5230.63487-3

Matchups by position

What each defense allows per game to guards, forwards and centers, against the league average. Rank 1 allows the most.

BOS attack against DET defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards50.1 (lg 49.8) , 15th in the league13.3 (lg 13.6) , 15th in the league12.9 (lg 14.2) , 28th in the league
Forwards34.4 (lg 37.4) , 29th in the league14.2 (lg 15.3) , 25th in the league6.0 (lg 7.0) , 29th in the league
Centers9.3 (lg 10.7) , 27th in the league7.1 (lg 7.5) , 22nd in the league1.6 (lg 1.9) , 23rd in the league
DET attack against BOS defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards46.0 (lg 49.8) , 29th in the league13.2 (lg 13.6) , 18th in the league13.7 (lg 14.2) , 19th in the league
Forwards34.4 (lg 37.4) , 28th in the league13.9 (lg 15.3) , 28th in the league6.1 (lg 7.0) , 28th in the league
Centers9.3 (lg 10.7) , 26th in the league6.8 (lg 7.5) , 27th in the league1.4 (lg 1.9) , 28th in the league

The box score appears at tip-off.