The Pistons proved to be too much for the Celts today, handing the green a 105-95 loss at the Garden. After taking the first two games against the Pistons this season, the Celtics were not able to complete the sweep. Paul Pierce had a game high 26 points and if not for his efforts, the Celts would have been playing Gabe Pruitt and Bill Walker for most of the fourth quarter. Glenn Davis had put together solid back to back games, he added 18 points and 6 rebounds.
The story of this game was three point shooting. The Pistions shot 50% (7-14) from behind the arc, while the Celtics shot an anemic 14% (2-14) from long distance. Going into the fourth quarter, the Celtics were 0-9 on 3 pt. attempts. Eddie House attempted to revive the offense late in the fourth, however, Detroit's gunners, Tayshaun Prince and Rip Hamilton combined to go 4-6 from downtown. Hamilton showed today why he deserves to be in the starting lineup. He added 9 assists and 6 rebounds to compliment his team high 25 points. On the defensive end, Hamilton held fellow Husky, Ray Allen to 10 points on just 2 of 10 shooting.
The Celtics missed KG's defense against Detroit, it seemed that the Celts rotation was too slow to catch up with the Pistons perimeter offense. With this loss, the Celtics move down to second in the eastern conference behind the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Side note: Marbury was scoreless with 2 turnovers and 4 fouls.
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