Boston– jaylen brown, derrick white and this boston celtics Detroit’s win streak ended with a franchise record 13, which stood Cade Cunningham and piston 117-114 Wednesday night.
The Eastern Conference-leading Pistons missed a chance to break the record shared with the 1989–90 and 2003–04 championship teams. They are 15–3 two seasons after losing 28 in a row to break the NBA season record.
Brown had 33 points and 10 rebounds, and White scored 11 of his 27 points in the final four and a half minutes, helping the Celtics overcome Cunningham’s 42-point effort.
“We understand it’s a game, and we also understand we didn’t play our best basketball,” Pistons coach JB Bickerstaff said. “There were things we could have done better, and we still put ourselves in position to have a shot at it at the end of the game. So, you know, all of those things match up. We’re still learning, and hopefully, you know, we’re not as good as we were in April.”
With Detroit trailing by three, Cunningham was fouled near midcourt as he was about to go up for a 3-pointer. After review, authorities ruled that he was indeed in the act of shooting. Cunningham hit the first two free throws but missed the third. Peyton Pritchard Got the rebound for Boston, was fouled and hit two free throws with 2.4 seconds remaining.
Before Detroit could attempt to tie the game at 3, Boston stole a pass.
“We all wanted this tonight, we all wanted 14 wins,” Cunningham said. “I’m not going to act like it means nothing to us. It’s a big deal, we all wanted to be on that side of history, but it didn’t happen.
“We can’t go back. I can’t shoot free throws again. We can’t hit 3s again. The game is over. It’s about how we respond. There’s still a lot of season left to accomplish a lot of great things and that’s where our mind is.”
Pritchard added 16 points to help the Celtics win for the fifth time in six games.
On Monday, Detroit tied the team record for consecutive wins with a win at Indiana.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
