Everything about the Boston Celtics’ tilt with the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night spelled trap game with a high-profile contest with fellow contending squad the Denver Nuggets two days later and a struggling but scrappy Pistons squad in front of them.
But instead, it was a wire-to-wire win for the Celtics, thanks to their twin stars on the wing Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown — but also due to a career night for reserve forward Sam Hauser, who put up 24 points on 9-of-14 shooting off of the bench. With plenty of flashy plays and highlight dunks packed in for good measure, instead of the sometimes-disaster a tilt against Detroit has been of late, it turned out to be one of the most fun games of the season yet for Boston fans.
Let’s take a look at what Celtics and NBA Twitter were saying about the game.
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Another start tonight for Grant Williams against Detroit. He started last game and didn’t take a shot; just let the offense flow as a unit.
— Marc D’Amico (@Marc_DAmico) November 10, 2022
Nice set and outstanding spin by Tatum to get the Celtics on the board.
— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) November 10, 2022
Leaving the podium pregame Mazzulla quipped “I’m getting old” as he went down the steps. Off in the distance, you could almost hear Al Horford laugh https://t.co/uHZqV6S3Fj
— Cameron Tabatabaie (@CTabatabaie) November 10, 2022
Replay looks like Jaylen Brown got kicked in the right ankle. He’s slow to go to the line, but stays in the game. #Celtics
— Abby Chin (@tvabby) November 10, 2022
Brogdon as the 6th man doesn’t seem fair
— Brian Barrett (@itsbrianbarrett) November 10, 2022
If Luke Kornet is going to do that goofy contest, then it needs to be called the Korntest.
I will expect no other suggestions except for the Korntest.
— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) November 10, 2022
The Cs have a 99.34 defensive rating with Kornet on the floor
— Brian Barrett (@itsbrianbarrett) November 10, 2022
A rare dud outing from the Celtics bench + Tatum unit so far.
— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) November 10, 2022
Couple of really nice plays out of Jaden…
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