With the NBA’s emphasis on cutting back on back-to-back games, it feels a bit strange to actually be playing a back-to-back. The Pistons have played in one before during this season, but it is not nearly as commonplace as it was in the NBA three to four years ago, especially for the Pistons.
This one is against another playoff team in the Celtics who have turned around their season a bit after a disappointing start. The Celtics have a talented roster, but things were not clicking for them in the early parts of the season.
The Pistons and Celtics will see each other 3 times in the month of February and this is the first of those meetings.