The Boston Celtics beat the Detroit Pistons 128-122 on Dec 28, 2023 at TD Garden.
Final · TD Garden
Top performers
- Cade Cunningham led the Pistons with 31 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists.
- Kristaps Porzingis led the Celtics with 35 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assists.
Detroit Pistons box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cade Cunningham | 43 | 31 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12-22 | 4-6 | 3-4 | 3 |
| Jaden Ivey | 33 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8-15 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 6 |
| Bojan Bogdanovic | 44 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8-21 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Jalen Duren | 40 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 1 |
| Alec Burks | 30 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4-13 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Isaiah Livers | 23 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3-7 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 2 |
| James Wiseman | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Killian Hayes | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Ausar Thompson | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Team | 248 | 116 | 55 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 45-92 | 14-37 | 12-19 | 18 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Boston Celtics box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kristaps Porzingis | 36 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13-21 | 3-9 | 6-7 | 4 |
| Jayson Tatum | 43 | 31 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11-31 | 2-11 | 7-8 | 4 |
| Derrick White | 38 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9-15 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 1 |
| Jrue Holiday | 44 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 4-5 | 1 |
| Payton Pritchard | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4-11 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Al Horford | 37 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Sam Hauser | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Neemias Queta | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4 |
| Team | 260 | 128 | 42 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 48-99 | 11-39 | 21-25 | 15 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Before and after
- Pistons · 2023-24 season · Previous Dec 26, 2023: BKN 118, DET 112 · Next Dec 30, 2023: TOR 127, DET 129
- Celtics · 2023-24 season · Previous Dec 25, 2023: BOS 126, LAL 115 · Next Dec 29, 2023: TOR 118, BOS 120