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Celtics turn tables on reeling Pistons
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THE Boston Celtics notched a satisfying win in Detroit on Sunday, handing the slumping Pistons their sixth straight National Basketball Association defeat just two weeks after losing to them in Boston.
Al Horford led the way with 18 points, 9 rebounds and 6assists. Kyrie Irving added 16 points and Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown scored 12 apiece for the Celtics, who held the Pistons to season lows in points scored and field-goal percentage in the 91-81 triumph.
“I wouldn’t call it payback,” star point guard Irving said. “It’s just always good when you can respond the way you want to, especially on their home floor, just like they did on our home floor.”
It was also good to get a win, Irving said, after a tough 3-point loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night.
“We were locked in,” said Aron Baynes, who pulled down 13 rebounds for Boston and was primarily responsible for holding Detroit center Andre Drummond to a season-low 6 points.
The Eastern Conference-leading Celtics did have some offensive struggles of their own. They were up by 16 in the fourth quarter when they hit a dry spell and the Pistons closed to within 4.
But Boston scored on four of its next six possessions to rebuild its lead.
“Our offense wasn’t as crisp tonight as we wanted it to be but defensively we had a game plan and we stuck with it,” Baynes said.
In Indianapolis, Victor Oladipo poured in a career-high 47 points to lead the Pacers to a 126-116 overtime triumph over the Denver Nuggets.
Elsewhere on Sunday, it was: Raptors 102, Kings 87; Timberwolves 97, Mavericks 92; Pelicans 131, 76ers 124; and Knicks 111, Hawks 107.
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