Are Detroit Pistons worst team in NBA history? Celtics defeat sends them to 28th straight loss
- Pistons blow 21-point lead against Boston Celtics to lose 128-122 in overtime
- Losing to Toronto Raptors on Saturday would tie longest losing streak of all time, including from one season to the next
The Boston Celtics overcame a 21-point deficit and raised their home record to 15-0 by beating the Detroit Pistons 128-122 in overtime Thursday night.
The Pistons also made dubious NBA history, losing for the 28th straight time, the longest in-season losing streak in league history. If they fall on Saturday against the visiting Toronto Raptors, they would tie the longest skid of all time, including from one season to the next.
Boston trailed 115-113 after Detroit’s Jaden Ivey made a 3-pointer with 2:32 remaining in overtime, but the Celtics scored the next six points and didn’t relinquish the lead again.
Boston’s Kristaps Porzingis scored a season-high 35 points and added eight rebounds. Jayson Tatum finished the game with 31 points, seven rebounds and 10 assists.
Cade Cunningham led the Pistons with 31 points, and nine assists. Detroit received 22 points and 10 rebounds from Ivey, 15 points and 14 rebounds from Jalen Duren and 17 points, 12 rebounds and six assists from Bojan Bogdanovic.
The Celtics, who trailed 64-43 late in the first half, led 108-106 after Cunningham was called for goaltending on a Tatum lay-up with 8.7 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, but Bogdanovic sent the game to overtime when he collected the rebound of a missed 3-pointer and scored with 4.1 seconds left.