Coming off a dominant performance at home against the bottom-feeding Hawks, the Boston Celtics traveled to Motor City to battle the Detroit Pistons.
The Celtics started the season slow, while the Pistons were firing on all cylinders. However, the tables had turned as of late, as the Celtics came into Detroit riding a 8-game winning streak (with a team record +182 over those 8 games), while the Pistons had dropped 6 in a row.
Boston would once again see themselves without Al Horford, who was out resting a sore knee. Aron Baynes was still on a minutes restriction, so Daniel Theis and rookie Rob "I Apparently Need a New Nickname" Williams would have to deal with Andre Drummond, a big who seems like a walking 20/20 man against Boston.