FAST BREAKDOWN
Three quick observations from Saturday night’s 109-89 loss to the Boston Celtics at Little Caesars Arena
BOSTON STRANGLERS – Boston came into the game with the NBA’s top-rated defense and, no, it wasn’t just the noise of a small sample size. The Pistons can attest that the Celtics are, indeed, a very good defensive team. The Pistons were held to 41 first-half points and they trailed by 26 at one point in the second quarter. The second half was much better – the Pistons outscored Boston 26-21 in the third quarter before the Celtics outscored them 11-3 in the first three minutes of the fourth quarter – but that was too big of a hole to mount a serious comeback against a team that doesn’t give up easy points or runs of any magnitude.