The Boston Celtics defeated the Detroit Pistons 130-120 

The Boston Celtics defeated the Detroit Pistons 130-120 on Wednesday night, led by Jaylen Brown's 28 points and nine assists and Kristaps Porzingis' 26 points and nine rebounds. It was the Celtics' ninth win in ten games.

Payton Pritchard scored 19 points off the bench for Boston, while Derrick White finished with 14 points and 11 assists. Less than four minutes into the game, the Celtics led 18–4 and then 20 points after scoring 12 in a row. Until Detroit made four consecutive 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to cut the Celtics' advantage to eight points, 109-101, forcing Boston coach Joe Mazzulla to substitute Brown, the team maintained a double-digit lead.  Tobias Harris' 3-pointer in the last minute had the Pistons within five points, but Pritchard's three-pointer clinched the victory. For Detroit, Cade Cunningham finished with nine rebounds, 14 assists, and 27 points. Malik Beasley scored 23 points off the bench, while Harris scored 27 points as well.