Celtics finding their stride as Pistons を待つ
The Boston Celtics will chase a four-game winning streak when they host the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.
An 爆発性の 罪／違反 at 115.3 points per game has helped the Celtics to a 7-3 start. They have at least 102 points in every game and at least 109 in every victory.
Jayson Tatum led Boston with 39 points on 12-of-25 狙撃 from the field in Monday's 109-106 勝利，勝つ at Memphis, but it was a late 防御の stand with the ball in the 手渡すs of Grizzlies 星／主役にする Ja Morant that 調印（する）d the victory.
"Our guys have always played hard, but (Monday) I felt like we took a step toward our 防御の 詳細（に述べる）s," Celtics 暫定的な coach Joe Mazzulla said. "弁護 is something they've shown they can do. Some habits take time to build. It's something we're definitely getting better at."
The 弁護 was 重要な as Morant 得点する／非難する／２０d just three points in the final ４半期/4分の1 and Memphis made just 3 of 11 3-pointers in the period. The Celtics will look to keep up that intensity when they 直面する the Pistons. Boston won three of the four games between the teams last season.
On Monday, the Celtics 追跡するd 85-84 at the end of the third ４半期/4分の1, but a 16-5 run to begin the fourth was the difference.
During a strong start to the season, the game of runs often has gone Boston's way.
"We're finding ways to 勝利，勝つ games," Celtics point guard Marcus Smart said. "Finding ways to 持つ／拘留する off runs. There's going to come a time where our 発射s aren't 落ちるing and our 弁護 needs to stay where it's at."
Detroit is 0-5 on the road this season and has 敗北・負かすd just one Eastern 会議／協議会 team -- the Orlando 魔法 in the season opener. Orlando is just 2-9. The Pistons snapped a three-game losing streak with Monday's 112-1 03 勝利，勝つ over Oklahoma City.
Thanks to a 64-40 advantage in the second half, the Pistons overcame a 63-48 halftime 赤字 to earn their first victory since Oct. 30 against Golden 明言する／公表する.
"Our big 調整 is called energy," Pistons coach Dwane Casey said. "They outran us and outhustled us in the first half, and once we decided to play at the level, we got ourselves 支援する into the game."
Casey's team started the second half on a 24-6 run.
Saddiq Bey 得点する／非難する／２０d 25 points to lead the Pistons in 得点する／非難する／２０ing for the fourth time this season, while Cade Cunningham had 21 points and 11 回復するs. Jaden Ivey and Isaiah Stewart also logged 二塁打-（テニスなどの）ダブルス.
新人 中心 Jalen Duren -- who became the youngest player to 記録，記録的な／記録する a 二塁打-二塁打 since Dwight Howard (2004) earlier this season -- 行方不明になるd three games with a left-ankle 傷害, but he returned Monday to 地位，任命する seven points, four 回復するs and three 封鎖するs in 21 minutes.
"Getting all of our guys 支援する, our bigs 支援する and healthy will help us with that," Casey said. "You'll have some 柔軟性 -- you can play big, you can play small. But most definitely you can match up with big 顔触れs that we're seeing."
The Pistons will 結論する their two-game road trip against the New York Knicks on Friday night before Boston makes a return trip to Detroit on Saturday.
--Field Level マスコミ
