"As a team, the Celtics finished 10-for-39 (25.6 percent) and went 1-for-18 from deep in the second and third as the Pistons built a four-point advantage going into the fourth. The overall shooting numbers were actually bailed out a bit by three tough makes in the fourth-two by Derrick White, one by Jaylen Brown-but the game ended with an appropriately disappointing thud: On a make-or-break possession down five with 45 seconds left, Payton Pritchard airballed a 3-pointer, and the Pistons held on for the win."
"Once again, nearly everyone was at fault (except for Sam Hauser). Brown was 1-for-5. Anfernee Simons missed all five of his attempts. Josh Minott and Baylor Scheierman were both 0-for-2. Payton Pritchard was 2-for 8. White was 5-for-12, which is good in a vacuum (41.7 percent), but he missed some bad ones too. The Celtics held on admirably through the third quarter, but the Pistons had wrestled control of the game away by the end of the period."
The Celtics fell 112-105 to the Pistons, ending a five-game win streak and suffering a second straight loss. The offense started 5-for-11 but collapsed, finishing 10-for-39 (25.6%) and 1-for-18 from three across the second and third quarters as Detroit gained control. Derrick White and Jaylen Brown hit tough shots in the fourth, but a late Payton Pritchard airball sealed the defeat. Several players struggled: Brown 1-for-5, Anfernee Simons 0-for-5, Josh Minott and Baylor Scheierman 0-for-2, Pritchard 2-for-8, White 5-for-12. A prolonged 1-for-16 stretch from deep left the margin for error minimal against Detroit.
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