Overview
- Tipoff is 8 p.m. ET at Little Caesars Arena with coverage on NBC and Peacock.
- Detroit enters 30-10 atop the East and Boston is 26-15 in second place.
- The Pistons lead the season series 2-1, with all three games decided by single digits.
- Boston’s injury report: Payton Pritchard questionable (left ankle soreness), Jayson Tatum out (right Achilles repair), Josh Minott out, and Chris Boucher questionable; Detroit was reported as healthy.
- Both teams arrive off blowouts as Detroit beat Indiana 121-78 and Boston routed Atlanta 132-106, highlighted by Jaylen Brown’s 41 points and Sam Hauser’s 10 made threes, while Cade Cunningham has paced Detroit in prior meetings.