BOSTON — Jayson Tatum had 31 points and eight rebounds, Jaylen Brown added 22 points and eight rebounds and the Boston Celtics beat the Detroit Pistons 114-103 on Friday night for their fifth victory in a row.
Marcus Smart added 20 points, and Robert Williams III had 12 points and nine rebounds for the Celtics. They have won 18 of 21 since a Jan. 21 loss dropped them a game below .500.
Cade Cunningham had 27 points and eight rebounds for the Central Division-trailing Pistons, who had won three in a row before falling Wednesday night to Chicago. Marvin Bagley III had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Jerami Grant also scored 20 points.
“They’re a lot better than their record says,” Smart said. “When you’re playing a team like that, sometimes you have a game that’s a grind. They made you grind.”
The Celtics never led by more than four points before scoring the last four of the third quarter and the first seven of the fourth to turn a two-point deficit into a 99-90 lead.
“That’s how the playoffs are going to be, so that’s a nice test late in the season,” Celtics coach Ime Udoka said. “You don’t want it easy every night, you’ve got to figure things out. I’m happy we can figure out how to get it done.”
Detroit did not make a basket for the first 11:29 of the fourth and finished 2 of 15 from the field in the quarter.
The Celtics went 6 of 32 from 3-point range, with Tatum and Brown combining to go 3 for 17.
“I think a lot of times early in the year, that would spell doom for us,” Udoka said.
WELCOME HOME
The Celtics honored some former players who were in town for the retirement of Kevin Garnett’s No. 5 on Sunday. Among them were members of the 2008 NBA championship team, including Paul Pierce, James Posey, Leon Powe and Brian Scalabrine.
Pistons forward Kelly Olynyk, who played his first four seasons in Boston, was also recognized.
Garnett will be the 24th Celtic to be honored in the TD Garden rafters, including No. 1 for original owner Walter Brown, No. 2 for franchise patriarch Red Auerbach and “LOSCY” for Jim Loscutoff, who left his No. 18 in circulation so Dave Cowens could wear it.
“We see the banners every day,” Udoka said. “It keeps you sharp, keeps those expectations in your mind.”
TIP-INS
Tatum topped 30 points for his fifth straight game, tying the longest such streak of his career. … The Pistons made their first 19 free throws and finished 23 of 24.
UP NEXT
Pistons: Host the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday.
Celtics: Host Dallas on Sunday.
NEW YORK — Brock Nelson and Anthony Beauvillier scored 22 seconds apart early in the third period, Semyon Varlamov made 25 saves and the New York Islanders beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-2 for their fourth straight victory.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
NEW YORK — Two New York City police officers and a bystander raced to save a man who fell on the tracks at a Manhattan subway station, plucking him out of the way of an oncoming train in a daring rescue captured by an officer's body camera.
MONTREAL — Pedro Meraz says living in Colima, Mexico, was like living in a war zone, with shootings, burning cars and dismembered bodies being left outside of schools.
HONOLULU — As Hawaii's governor, David Ige faced a volcanic eruption that destroyed 700 homes, protests blocking construction of a cutting-edge multibillion-dollar telescope and a false alert about an incoming ballistic missile.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's Orion capsule entered an orbit stretching tens of thousands of miles around the moon Friday, as it neared the halfway mark of its test flight.
LONDON - A traditional song titled ‘Μια μάνα απόψε μάλωνε - A mother tonight was scolding’ was heard in the streets of London! In other words… a singer of traditional Greek songs, Gogo Moustoyannis, noted in a post on her Facebook page that she felt the need to sing a song while walking in London.
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