DFG: Detroit Pistons beat the Boston Celtics 117-97 - 2/26/25
Detroit absolutely manhandles Boston in the statement win of the year, 117-97
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Detroit is toppling titans. There has been so much talk through this win streak that the Pistons were beating a bunch of nobodies. Now, nobody’s talkin. LCA was packed out Wednesday night, and while a healthy portion of the fans in the stands donned the Celtic green, they were found flooding out the vomitorium with over 4 minutes left in the game. Boston was beaten so badly, one could not judge them if they thought it was the giant Monument to Joe Louis, The Fist that knocked them out. But no, it was the Don’t Look Now Pistons, a team so tightly-knit they’re nigh bullet proof. Cade Cunningham put on another 20 point double-double. Ausar Thompson had 5 steals (4 in 2 minutes) and ate Jason Tatum’s lunch, dinner, breakfast, earthquake emergency stash, and last meal. Tobias Harris continues to be worth every penny, Stew stays swattin’, we got big mo swings from Ron Holland, and Marcus Sasser aka Marcus Splasher filled in for Dennis Schröder, draining a deep 3 on Kristaps Porzigis and giving him the “too small” celly after. Detroit absolutely DOMINATED in the paint, 50 rebounds and 62 points to Boston’s 32 rebounds and 20 points, thanks in big part to another Jalen Duren double-double. And oh yeah, Malik Beasley, who admitted as much on his IG, took this game personally and showed the world who the real 6MOY is this season.
DROP
Malik Beasley deserves his own section. Hell, he deserves his own statue for what he’s brought to the Pistons this season (but please not from the guy who made Dwyane Wade’s). He dropped a team leading 26 points last night, 10-15 from the floor, 6-11 from deep, with 5 rebounds 2 assists, a steal, and a block. Usually, we show a drop of a single play, but that ain’t happenin’ today. We got a variety show for y’all.
How about a block on his direct 6MOY nemesis, Payton Pritchard?
How about a steal leading directly to a catch and shoot and shimmy 3?
How about a board over, you guessed it, Payton Pritchard, followed by some sh*t talk, leading to the ensuing lay in by Cade to put the pistons up 19 with just under 7 to go?
How about the transition dish drop to a sprinting Sasser?
Shiiiiiiiddddddddd, here are the rest of his 3s because you love to see it.
And we gotta share this celebration for good measure.
Beasley dropped the hammer on the Celtics and he had the crowd going absolutely nuts with his on floor engagement. We are entertained!
FLOP
This is going to sound odd, but the flop is going to the Boston Celtics as a whole. Not just because they got mollywhopped by the Pistons, but because they hit 9 consecutive 3-pointers in the 2nd quarter and never managed to take the lead. To shoot that crazy from deep and to still get spanked? Ya flopped.
GYATT!
Early in the game, Tatum had a highlight reel crossover on Deuce, and that stinks. But you know what stinks worse than that? Tatum, when he’s matched up against Ausar Thompson. Not only did Ausar absolutely smother him whenever he had the ball, but he then shook him to his core and had Jayson wobbly-legged like a baby giraffe taking its first steps.
Tatum’s going to be hearing phantom Maury Povich in his ear saying, “Ausar Thompson: You ARE the father!”
Like I’m not gonna share all 5 of AT’s steals pbbbbbbbbbbbbbb (Duren got fouled on this first one, btw, shoulda been an easy and-1 call).
He was only credited for 2 assists, but almost every one of those steals resulted in transition buckets. Can we talk NBA All Defensive Team yet?
With their longest win streak in place since 2008, the Pistons are right in the mix for home court advantage in the playoffs. After their paltry 0-4 start to the season, the team has been 33-22 since. The Detroit Pistons are the hottest team in basketball right now. Can they make it 9 straight with a big game against the Nuggets on Saturday? Let us know in the comments!
Post Script Shout Out: SO so soooooooooooooooo much respect for Uncle T, Tobias Harris. He has put together a steady run of solid showings, and last night was no exception. He had 16, shot 2-4 from deep, had 9 rebounds, 2 assists, a steal, and 2 blocks to only 1 turnover. He also handled Kristaps on defense, and was CLEARLY was fouled right in front of the refs on two separate occasions, which led him to landing the softest of soft serve techs. Tobias is juiced out.
Jalen Rose is all of us. Love seeing his reactions to this exciting team mixed into the highlights every night.