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I love the never-say-out-of-the-playoffs- attitude. it bodes well for the off season, hopefully
InfoBeat Pro Basketball Wednesday, April 5, 2000
End of Game Report
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DETROIT 111, BOSTON 106
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - The pesky Boston Celtics wouldn't go
away, and what looked like a runaway victory turned into a tough
win for the Detroit Pistons.
The Pistons survived a 17-0 Boston run in the second period and
several fourth-quarter surges before finally handing the Celtics
their ninth straight loss, 111-106 Wednesday night.
"Give Boston a lot of credit -- they had nothing to play for
tonight, but they wouldn't go away," Pistons coach George Irvine
said. "When we got the big lead early (14-3 early in the first
quarter), it looked like we would win it going away, but they
wouldn't let us do that."
Detroit, winners of three straight, moved within one game of
Toronto for sixth place in the Eastern Conference.
Grant Hill led Detroit with 27 points and nine rebounds, while
Jerry Stackhouse added 22 and Lindsey Hunter scored 18.
"We had some mental letdowns in the second quarter, because
things were coming so easy for us," Stackhouse said. "Once we got
our defense established in the third, we were OK. They made a
couple runs at us in the fourth quarter, but we were never in
jeopardy."
Kenny Anderson led Boston with 24 points, including eight in the
final 90 seconds, while Paul Pierce added 20 points, seven
rebounds and six assists.
"We're not going to give up on the season," Pierce said. "Even if
we don't make the playoffs, we are going to go out fighting."
The Pistons led by as many as 13 in the first half, but the
Celtics wiped that out with a 17-point run midway through the
second quarter.
Detroit led by 11 with 2:30 to go, but the Celtics kept coming
and two 3-pointers by Anderson pulled Boston to 108-105 with 20.4
seconds to go.
Boston fouled Jerome Williams, and he missed the first free throw
before hitting the second to make it a four-point game.
Williams is just a 60 percent free-throw shooter, and is hitting
just 54 percent since March 1, but Irvine never considered taking
him out of the game.
"Not playing defense concerns me more than free-throw shooting,
so I'm going to have him in there," he said. "He hit the one he
needed to hit, and that's what he has been doing. You can't
expect a player to have confidence in himself if the coach
doesn't."
Antoine Walker was fouled, but could only split the free throws.
Stackhouse then hit two from the line to finally clinch the game.
DETROIT PISTONS 111, Boston Celtics 106
BOSTON (106)
FG FT Reb
Min M-A M-A O-T A F Pts
--- --- --- --- - - ---
Walker 35 6-15 3-7 2-9 2 5 17
EWilliams 15 0-3 0-0 0-1 3 4 0
Potapenko 18 0-1 3-4 1-5 1 2 3
Pierce 40 8-14 2-5 2-7 6 3 20
Anderson 30 9-19 2-2 0-3 5 1 24
Griffin 11 1-2 0-0 1-1 0 3 2
Barros 19 5-7 4-6 0-1 0 0 15
Fortson 19 4-7 2-3 2-6 1 3 10
McCarty 20 1-6 3-4 0-1 1 5 5
Cheaney 23 4-5 0-0 0-1 1 4 9
Battie 10 0-1 1-2 0-2 0 6 1
Totals 240 38-80 20-33 8-37 20 36 106
Percentages: FG .475, FT .606. 3-Point Goals: 10-22, .455
(Anderson 4-6, Pierce 2-4, Walker 2-6, Barros 1-1, Cheaney 1-1,
McCarty 0-1, E.Williams 0-3). Team Rebounds: 16. Blocked Shots: 2
(Battie, Cheaney). Turnovers: 18 (Walker 5, Fortson 3, Barros 2,
Anderson 2, Potapenko 2, Griffin 2, McCarty, Pierce). Steals: 7
(Barros, McCarty, Anderson, Cheaney, Griffin, Fortson,
E.Williams). Technical Fouls: None. Illegal Defense: 1.
DETROIT (111)
FG FT Reb
Min M-A M-A O-T A F Pts
--- --- --- --- - - ---
Hill 37 10-17 7-13 0-9 3 2 27
Laettner 25 3-5 5-6 1-6 0 6 11
Mills 24 4-7 1-2 0-3 2 3 11
Stackhouse 39 5-19 12-13 1-1 3 2 22
Hunter 33 6-8 2-2 0-4 2 2 18
Montross 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Crotty 15 0-2 2-2 0-2 2 3 2
Curry 15 1-2 2-2 0-0 2 3 4
JWilliams 27 1-3 5-8 2-7 2 3 7
MMoore 18 1-1 7-8 2-4 1 4 9
Buechler 5 0-2 0-0 0-2 0 0 0
Totals 240 31-66 43-56 6-38 17 28 111
Percentages: FG .470, FT .768. 3-Point Goals: 6-15, .400 (Hunter
4-5, Mills 2-2, Hill 0-1, Buechler 0-1, Crotty 0-1, Stackhouse
0-5). Team Rebounds: 12. Blocked Shots: 9 (J.Williams 2, Hill 2,
Laettner 2, M.Moore 2, Mills). Turnovers: 14 (Laettner 4,
Stackhouse 4, Hill 3, J.Williams, M.Moore, Crotty). Steals: 8
(J.Williams 4, Hunter 2, Hill, Stackhouse). Technical Fouls:
None. Illegal Defense: None.
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Boston 12 38 21 35-106
Detroit 23 23 34 31-111
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A-14,581 (22,076). T-2:32. Officials-Jess Kersey, George Toliver,
Ronnie Nunn.