Jayson Tatum in season debut: 13 PTS 11 AST 6-23 FG 0-7 3PT 2 PTS on 1-10 FG in the 2nd half. https://t.co/G5kDPxEvO0
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Tue, Oct 20
Aaron Nesmith (hamstring) listed out for Wednesday.
Ausar Thompson juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust beat the clock for that hoop and it was a big one too.
Lineup alert: Knicks will start Brunson, Bridges, Hart, Anunoby, Towns on Tuesday.
Derrick White hits a floater to finally break a 23-0 Pistons run. Detroit leads 112-101 with 3:06 to play
The New Orleans Pelicans exercised team options on Jeremiah Fears ($8.27M), Derik Queen ($5.67M) and Yves Missi ($5.60M) for the 2027-28 season. New Orleans will decline their team option on AJ Johnson ($5.49M) for the 2027-28 season. He’ll be an unrestricted free agent in 2027
Keys to Detroit flipping this game: -Pistons ball pressure and pickup points on defense. Detroit is into Boston's ballhandlers as soon as they hit halfcourt -Javonte Green hitting threes, followed by Duncan Robinson -Boston committing bad fouls because defense is scrambled
Pistons are on an 18-0 run and have taken the lead against the Celtics Duncan Robinson has 14 PTS in the 4th https://t.co/TBhSRxvzTI
Pistons got back in the game with a barrage of Javonte Green threes. Now, it's Duncan Robinson with a triple avalanche in the fourth quarter. Detroit is on an 18-0 run to take a 107-99 lead with 5:10 to play. A lot of threes and free throws against disconnected Boston defense.
Big-time block by Collins sandwiched around a pair of Robinson triples. DET back to within four with 7:34 to play. BOS wants to get to around six minutes before bringing Tatum back. And under six before bringing in George with four fouls. Mazzulla may need to go earlier.
LeBron James in debut with a new team: 2003 with Cavs: 25 PTS, 6 REB, 9 AST in a loss 2010 with Heat: 31 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST in a loss 2014 with Cavs: 17 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST in a loss 2018 with Lakers: 26 PTS, 12 REB, 6 AST in a loss https://t.co/fwXRJfgLnm https://t.co/MgSIGZIKJc
Like an Aes Sedai, the ball cannot tell a lie.
Foul trouble is picking up for the Celtics. Paul George, Neemias Queta and Luka Garza all have four fouls.
I don't mind Detroit running with John Collins as the five. I don't love it with Collins surrounded by four smalls.
Somehow Baylor Scheierman just got called for a traveling while he was dribbling the ball. His footwork was awkward, but he was dribbling the ball.
Celtics lead 88-82 through three after Jayson Tatum found Baylor Scheierman out of a triple-team for a late-clock three. Tatum is up to 10 assists for the game. He again played the whole quarter in Q3. These will be big minutes for the Celtics with Tatum sitting to open Q4.
Pistons ball pressure on defense has the Celtics getting into their actions late in the shot-clock on every trip. That's resulting in some tough looks. Boston has to play with more pace.
Payton Pritchard is going to the line for his seventh and eighth free throw attempts. That equals a career-high in free throw attempts for Pritchard.
Javonte Green has given Detroit a HUGE lift here in Q3 and has been a big part of getting them back in the game. He's got three triples, all the third quarter.
Knicks have retroactively hung a 2025 NBA Cup champions banner. (📸 via @Krisplashed) https://t.co/aFwxt6S2t2
Jonathan Isaac (injury management) listed out for Wednesday.
Anthony Black (ankle) listed out for Wednesday.
Celtics are getting a little sloppy after building a big lead. Missing some makeable shots. Not getting matched up on defense. And committing a lot of fouls. Neemias Queta just picked up his fourth foul.
Paul George is up to 31 points midway through the third quarter. That's a new team record for a player making their Celtics debut, according to the @NBAonNBC broadcast.
PAUL GEORGE 31 PTS, 6 3PM and counting https://t.co/HbIMhL6YPq
Paul George is on fire. He's up to 28 points on 9-for-13 shooting, including 6-for-8 from three. PG scored 12 points in the second quarter and already had 12 more about four minutes into the third quarter. He's also making plays on both ends of the floor, with four steals.
Long-time follows know that I HATE low- or no-resistance switching. I don't understand why so many teams do it. At any rate, Detroit keeps soft-switching Duncan Robinson on to Jayson Tatum and it's going very, very well for Boston.
The Hornets say Kon Knueppel (left hamstring), Grant Williams (right hamstring and Coby White (left calf) have returned to individual on-court activity but remain out.
Looks like they made a couple of stat changes at halftime and Paul George is now credited four first-half steals this afternoon.
Celtics need to clean up the ballhandling and defensive rebounding. Getting mostly good looks when they don't turn it over. Defense has been terrific. Pistons need a second creator (like we all knew). Shooting has been brutal. Super active hands on defense, but fouling a lot.