The 2-0 Boston Celtics visited the 0-2 Detroit Pistons for their first of three regular season matches Saturday night. Boston is perfect on the year so far with a pair of wins to open up the 2024-25 campaign. Both teams came into the evening with slightly reduced rotations due to injury, with Sam Hauser and Kristaps Porzingis out for the C’s, whilst rookie Bobi Klintman and second-year man Ausar Thompson were both sidelined for the home team Pistons.
A Jaylen Brown three-pointer opened the scoring followed by a brace of triples for Al Horford and Detroit coach J.