The Detroit Pistons dropped their last game before All-Star break against the Boston Celtics 110-118 at TD Garden. It was a game where the Pistons found themselves trying to claw back with every possession as they lacked the ferocity at the beginning of each quarter to outlast the Celtics.
The Pistons were without fresh face Svi Mykhailiuk and Jon Leuer while the Boston Celtics sat Kyrie Irving, Terry Rozier and Aron Baynes.
It all collapsed in the third quarter. An easy Blake Griffin setup for Andre Drummond pulled the Detroit Pistons within three of the Boston Celtics, 54-57, yet the Pistons’ offense and poor paint defense kicked into effect and found the Celtics dropping shots to spearhead a run that would dig Detroit into too deep of a hole.