Boston Celtics vs Detroit Pistons Final — October 20, 2026
BOSOffenseFull 2025-26 regular season (last season)DET
BOSDefenseDETBOSTeamDETBOSLast 10 gamesDETInjuries & restkey injuries · rest and travel
BOSRest & travelDETBOSKey injuriesDETAbout these numbers
Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before kickoff. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.
Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.
Distance is straight-line from each team's home arena; time-zone change is at game time. Rest counts days since each team's previous game.
No key players listed.
Injury report as of October 20, 10:10 a.m. ET: no key players listed for either team.
The pre-game matchup
The Celtics visited the Pistons on Tuesday, October 20 at 3:00 PM ET.
Last season (2025-26), the Celtics scored 114.8 points per game (19th of 30) and allowed 107.2 (1st). The Pistons scored 117.7 points per game (8th of 30) and allowed 109.6 (3rd).
Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Celtics 118.1 (2nd), Pistons 115.4 (10th). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Celtics 110.2 (4th), Pistons 107.4 (2nd). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Celtics +7.9 (4th), Pistons +8.0 (3rd). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.
The Celtics closed as 1.5-point road favorites, with the Pistons getting the points at home. The spread opened with Pistons favored by 1.5. The total closed at 220.5, down from 222.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Celtics -122, Pistons +103) prices the Celtics at 53% and the Pistons at 47%.
Written from the numbers available before kickoff.
Result
Final score and result vs the closing line
Boston Celtics 113, Detroit Pistons 121
Detroit Pistons won by 8.
- Against the closing spread (Detroit Pistons +1.5): Detroit Pistons covered.
- Combined score 234 vs the closing total of 220.5: Over.
- Detroit Pistons closed at +103 on the moneyline (a 47% no-vig market-implied chance).
Market
Closing line and line movement
Celtics +1.5 (-113)
Celtics -1.5 (-110)
Pistons -115 51%
Pistons +103 47%
Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at kickoff. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.
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G&W Line
G&W’s own number for this game, next to the market. Analytics
Matchup
Players to watch
- Points per game28.74th
- Rebounds per game6.945th
- Assists per game5.145th
- Minutes per game34.4
- Points per game21.8
- Rebounds per game10.0
- Assists per game5.3
- Minutes per game32.6
- Points per game23.921st
- Rebounds per game5.588th
- Assists per game9.92nd
- Minutes per game33.9
- Points per game19.547th
- Rebounds per game10.58th
- Assists per game2.0215th
- Minutes per game28.2
2025-26 regular-season per-game averages, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 452 players with at least 20 games.
Head-to-head
The teams have met 15 times since 2022: the Celtics won 11 and the Pistons 4.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2026 | Celtics 103, Pistons 104 Pistons won | ||
| Dec 15, 2025 | Pistons 112, Celtics 105 Pistons won | ||
| Nov 26, 2025 | Pistons 114, Celtics 117 Celtics won | ||
| Oct 26, 2025 | Celtics 113, Pistons 119 Pistons won | ||
| Feb 26, 2025 | Celtics 97, Pistons 117 Pistons won |
Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.
Teams
Boston Celtics
- Boston Celtics team stats
- Brooklyn Nets 124, Boston Celtics 125 (Oct 27)
- Chicago Bulls 99, Boston Celtics 134 (Oct 26)
- New York Knicks 103, Boston Celtics 107 (Oct 23)
Detroit Pistons
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