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October 20, 2026 · Little Caesars Arena
Boston Celtics vs Detroit Pistons · October 20, 2026
The Detroit Pistons beat the Boston Celtics 121-113 on Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at home. Cade Cunningham led the Pistons with 22 points and 8 assists. Paul George led the Celtics with 38 points and 5 steals. The Pistons are 1-0 and the Celtics 0-1.
Team 1 2 3 4 T
BOS 28 30 30 25 113 DET 27 18 37 39 121
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Celtics · 40/88 FG
Q1 10:19 · Jayson Tatum makes layup (Mitchell Robinson assists)
Q1 8:43 · Jayson Tatum misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q1 6:56 · Jayson Tatum misses 4-foot reverse layup
Q1 5:37 · Jayson Tatum misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Q1 5:12 · Jayson Tatum makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Sam Hauser assists)
Q1 3:25 · Jayson Tatum misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q1 2:53 · Jayson Tatum misses driving layup
Q1 2:49 · Isaiah Joe blocks Jayson Tatum's tip shot
Q1 0.3 · Jayson Tatum makes 8-foot pullup jump shot
Q2 4:54 · Jayson Tatum makes driving layup
Q2 4:28 · Jayson Tatum misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q2 3:27 · Jayson Tatum makes 11-foot two point shot
Q2 2:20 · Jayson Tatum misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q3 11:33 · Jayson Tatum misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q3 11:25 · Jayson Tatum misses 14-foot jumper
Q3 8:07 · Jayson Tatum misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q3 6:05 · Jayson Tatum misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Q3 3:42 · Jayson Tatum misses driving layup
Q4 5:58 · Jayson Tatum misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q4 3:43 · Jayson Tatum misses running layup
Q4 2:31 · Jayson Tatum makes 17-foot two point shot (Paul George assists)
Q4 2:04 · Jayson Tatum misses 17-foot two point shot
Q4 30.5 · Jayson Tatum misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Q1 9:46 · Derrick White misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q1 7:58 · Derrick White makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
Q1 6:15 · Derrick White makes driving layup
Q2 7:58 · Derrick White misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q2 7:33 · Derrick White misses driving floating jump shot
Q2 3:56 · Derrick White misses 24-foot running jump shot
Q3 10:12 · Derrick White makes 27-foot three point jumper (Paul George assists)
Q3 7:42 · Derrick White makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Neemias Queta assists)
Q4 8:19 · Derrick White makes 28-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)
Q4 7:16 · Derrick White misses driving floating jump shot
Q4 5:25 · Derrick White misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q4 3:18 · Derrick White makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Paul George assists)
Q4 1:26 · Derrick White makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
Q1 9:41 · Paul George makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordan Walsh assists)
Q1 8:28 · Paul George makes running layup (Jayson Tatum assists)
Q1 7:32 · Paul George misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q1 6:22 · Paul George misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
Q2 7:24 · Paul George makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Q2 5:40 · Paul George misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q2 2:02 · Paul George makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
Q2 1:40 · Paul George makes 25-foot three pointer
Q2 47.7 · Paul George misses 14-foot jumper
Q3 10:49 · Paul George makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Jayson Tatum assists)
Q3 9:24 · Paul George makes 23-foot three point jumper (Derrick White assists)
Q3 8:57 · Paul George makes 26-foot three pointer (Derrick White assists)
Q3 8:32 · Paul George makes 26-foot three point jumper (Derrick White assists)
Q3 6:30 · Paul George makes driving layup (Derrick White assists)
Q4 11:48 · Paul George makes 4-foot layup (Derrick White assists)
Q4 6:47 · Paul George misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q4 6:23 · Paul George misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q4 4:48 · Paul George misses driving layup
Q4 4:06 · Paul George misses 16-foot two point shot
Q4 1:06 · Paul George makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
Q4 11.2 · Paul George misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q1 4:43 · Sam Hauser makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
Q1 4:22 · Sam Hauser misses running pullup jump shot
Q2 4:27 · Sam Hauser makes tip shot
Q2 2:50 · Sam Hauser makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
Q3 4:20 · Sam Hauser makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
Q3 1:03 · Sam Hauser misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q4 7:43 · John Collins blocks Sam Hauser 's 6-foot layup
Q1 2:25 · Payton Pritchard makes 25-foot three point jumper (Neemias Queta assists)
Q1 28.5 · Ronald Holland II blocks Payton Pritchard 's 12-foot fade away jump shot
Q2 10:33 · Payton Pritchard misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q2 6:40 · Payton Pritchard misses 19-foot two point shot
Q3 1:47 · Payton Pritchard makes 15-foot two point shot (Jayson Tatum assists)
Q4 11:15 · Payton Pritchard makes driving layup
Q4 2:45 · Payton Pritchard misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q4 7.5 · Payton Pritchard makes 25-foot three point jumper
Q4 1.3 · Payton Pritchard misses 28-foot three point jumper
Q1 47.6 · Neemias Queta makes running layup (Jayson Tatum assists)
Q3 6:53 · Jalen Duren blocks Neemias Queta's layup
Q3 5:09 · Neemias Queta misses layup
Q2 11:38 · Baylor Scheierman makes 25-foot running jump shot (Derrick White assists)
Q3 1.2 · Baylor Scheierman makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
Q4 9:49 · Baylor Scheierman makes two point shot
Q4 4:45 · Baylor Scheierman misses 19-foot jumper
Q2 11:05 · Mitchell Robinson makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Derrick White assists)
Q4 10:18 · Mitchell Robinson makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Derrick White assists)
Q2 9:55 · Hugo Gonzalez misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q2 7:54 · Luka Garza makes two point shot
Q3 3:18 · Luka Garza misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q3 37.3 · Luka Garza misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q3 6:50 · Cade Cunningham blocks Jordan Walsh's layup
Q4 8:46 · Jordan Walsh misses 26-foot three point jumper
Paint 16/27 59% Mid-range 7/19 37% 3PT 17/42 40%
Pistons · 39/86 FG
Q1 11:32 · John Collins misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q1 11:09 · John Collins makes two point shot
Q1 7:24 · John Collins makes running layup (Ausar Thompson assists)
Q2 4:07 · John Collins misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q3 11:41 · John Collins misses driving floating jump shot
Q3 11:08 · John Collins makes layup (Cade Cunningham assists)
Q3 9:12 · John Collins misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q1 11:12 · Duncan Robinson misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q1 9:25 · Duncan Robinson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jalen Duren assists)
Q2 7:06 · Duncan Robinson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q2 6:15 · Duncan Robinson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q3 6:40 · Duncan Robinson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Cade Cunningham assists)
Q3 5:22 · Duncan Robinson misses driving layup
Q4 8:00 · Duncan Robinson makes 25-foot three pointer (Ausar Thompson assists)
Q4 7:34 · Duncan Robinson makes 26-foot three pointer (Cade Cunningham assists)
Q4 5:13 · Duncan Robinson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Daniss Jenkins assists)
Q4 2:57 · Duncan Robinson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q1 10:36 · Jalen Duren makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Cade Cunningham assists)
Q1 10:07 · Mitchell Robinson blocks Jalen Duren 's 9-foot pullup jump shot
Q1 8:52 · Jordan Walsh blocks Jalen Duren 's 3-foot layup
Q1 14.0 · Jalen Duren makes 4-foot dunk (Ronald Holland II assists)
Q2 9:29 · Jalen Duren makes 2-foot dunk
Q2 7:43 · Jalen Duren misses driving layup
Q2 2:14 · Jalen Duren makes running layup (Cade Cunningham assists)
Q2 1:50 · Jalen Duren makes 4-foot alley oop dunk (Cade Cunningham assists)
Q2 1:27 · Neemias Queta blocks Jalen Duren 's 3-foot layup
Q3 9:48 · Jalen Duren makes layup (John Collins assists)
Q3 7:59 · Jalen Duren makes two point shot
Q4 5:50 · Jalen Duren makes running layup (Ausar Thompson assists)
Q4 1:13 · Jalen Duren misses alley oop layup
Q1 7:42 · Cade Cunningham misses 22-foot three point jumper
Q1 4:59 · Cade Cunningham makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot
Q1 4:03 · Cade Cunningham misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Q1 3:40 · Cade Cunningham makes 3-foot running dunk
Q1 3:05 · Cade Cunningham makes 9-foot turnaround jump shot
Q2 4:38 · Cade Cunningham misses 14-foot fade away jump shot
Q2 1:01 · Cade Cunningham misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q3 11:12 · Cade Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q3 8:19 · Cade Cunningham misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q3 8:00 · Cade Cunningham misses running pullup jump shot
Q3 7:04 · Cade Cunningham makes 26-foot three pointer
Q3 6:21 · Cade Cunningham makes driving layup (Kevin Huerter assists)
Q3 5:52 · Neemias Queta blocks Cade Cunningham's driving layup
Q4 11:33 · Cade Cunningham makes 15-foot step back jumpshot
Q4 9:15 · Cade Cunningham misses 10-foot two point shot
Q4 4:27 · Cade Cunningham makes 15-foot step back jumpshot (Duncan Robinson assists)
Q4 2:16 · Cade Cunningham makes driving layup
Q4 1:38 · Cade Cunningham misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Q1 6:48 · Paul Reed makes 4-foot reverse layup (Cade Cunningham assists)
Q1 6:00 · Paul Reed misses 4-foot two point shot
Q3 5:46 · Paul Reed makes 3-foot two point shot
Q1 5:56 · Ausar Thompson makes 4-foot dunk
Q2 11:21 · Ausar Thompson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q2 10:20 · Ausar Thompson makes 4-foot reverse layup (Daniss Jenkins assists)
Q2 5:51 · Ausar Thompson misses driving layup
Q2 5:05 · Ausar Thompson misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Q2 4:36 · Ausar Thompson misses 9-foot tip shot
Q4 9:36 · Ausar Thompson makes driving layup
Q4 41.0 · Ausar Thompson makes 6-foot pullup jump shot (Cade Cunningham assists)
Q1 5:23 · Isaiah Joe misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Q1 2:45 · Isaiah Joe misses 26-foot running jump shot
Q1 1:04 · Isaiah Joe misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q2 11:15 · Isaiah Joe makes 26-foot three point jumper (Daniss Jenkins assists)
Q2 9:32 · Mitchell Robinson blocks Isaiah Joe 's 9-foot pullup jump shot
Q3 53.8 · Isaiah Joe makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kevin Huerter assists)
Q3 13.7 · Isaiah Joe misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q4 11:03 · Isaiah Joe misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q4 10:38 · Isaiah Joe misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q1 2:08 · Kevin Huerter makes 26-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Joe assists)
Q2 10:55 · Kevin Huerter misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q2 10:24 · Kevin Huerter misses 23-foot running jump shot
Q2 8:18 · Kevin Huerter misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q1 54.1 · Ronald Holland II misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q2 11:45 · Daniss Jenkins misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Q2 8:14 · Daniss Jenkins makes 26-foot three pointer (Ausar Thompson assists)
Q3 1:23 · Daniss Jenkins misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
Q3 7:11 · Javonte Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q3 4:40 · Javonte Green makes 24-foot three point jumper (Paul Reed assists)
Q3 4:01 · Javonte Green makes 24-foot three point jumper (Paul Reed assists)
Q3 3:34 · Javonte Green misses 27-foot running jump shot
Q3 3:06 · Javonte Green makes 26-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Joe assists)
Q3 9.8 · Javonte Green misses tip shot
Q4 9:04 · Javonte Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q4 6:41 · Javonte Green makes 23-foot running jump shot (Duncan Robinson assists)
Q4 3:50 · Javonte Green misses 8-foot floating jump shot
Q4 3:33 · Javonte Green makes 28-foot three point jumper (Ausar Thompson assists)
Paint 21/31 68% Mid-range 3/15 20% 3PT 15/40 38%
Green = made, red × = missed. Free throws are not shown.
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