Now it's time to talk.

Celtics.

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You have full marks to Detroit.

They played the Celtics' tough for three quarters.

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will make their final couple of shots. The final margin will be 11. The clock will hit triple

zeros and the Celtics win again at home. The Pistons played them tough for three quarters,

but then the NBA's number one defense started acting like it and they smother the pistons in the fourth quarter and they

win it going away the final score lost in 114 Detroit 103 you don't want it easy every night you

have to figure out ways to win and score and defend against certain matchups and every you know

every team has a different style and so this one size wise and-wise and physicality-wise, match up well with us.

So like I said, I'm happy we can figure out how to get it done, keep our composure, play through, and then lock in defensively when we need to. Celtics head coach, he May-a-Docke, after last night's 114, 103 win over the frisky and, frankly, kind of annoying Detroit Pistons. but he's talking about the defense

which dominated late.

Celtics have now won five straight games. That is it. The season series with Detroit is over, which again, good. Like I feel like, you know, I knew it's a lot of the Pistons here recently. But for a team that sucks, they sure do play the Celtics pretty well. They really do.

I mean, they were right there, as Randy said, for three quarters.

And then, you know, their shots. The Celtics did ratchet up to defense, but I didn't think it was all the Celtics defense in the fourth quarter. The Pistons got some, you know, decent looks. Looks they were making earlier in the game, but they couldn't make them. He scored 11 points in the fourth quarter and missed their first 13 attempts from the field.

You can spit if you need, do you need a bottle to spit into? Or you're sucking on a... I'm sucking on a... I'm sucking on a Lossinger over. Oh, okay. I thought you had a big old Lugie in your mouth there. Nope, nope. I got a cough drop in my mouth here that I'm rattling around like a pinball. Well, here's what I and the people need to know, Chris, because you've been, I would say,

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