C’s crush Pistons

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DETROIT (AP) — Jaylen tBrown scored 19 points and Marcus Morris added 18 for the Boston Celtics in a 10989 victory Saturday night over the Detroit Pistons, awho lost their first game of the season.

Andre Drummond had 18 dpoints and eight rebounds,

and Stanley Johnson scored ka season-high 16 for Detroit, rwhich had won its first four dgames of the season for the first time since 2008-09.

The Celtics opened up a 103-74 lead with 5:15 left to play, cruising to a win in the dfirst of consecutive games fbetween the teams.

Dwane Casey was assessed his first technical foul as coach of the Pistons tprotesting a first-quarter nodcall after Blake Griffin hit tthe ground. The subsequent Morris free throw capped an 8-0 run that made it 23-11

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Tuesday, Oct. 23: Boston 8, Los Angeles 4 Wednesday, Oct. 24: Boston 4, Los Angeles 2 n

Friday, Oct. 26: Los Angeles 3, Boston 2, Boston in the first quarter.

The Boston bench outscored Detroit’s 34-9 in the first half, as the Celtics opened up a pair of 26-point leads in the second quarter. The Pistons previous largest deficit of the season was 12 points in the opener against Brooklyn.

Daniel Theis, who Celtics coach Brad Stevens said was questionable to play with an injury, scored 14 points and had seven rebounds before halftime. He finished with 17 points and eight rebounds.

Blake Griffin came in shooting 55.7 percent from the field and 65.2 percent from 3, averaging 33.8 points per game. He missed his first seven shots, including four from 3-point range, before scoring on a goaltending call with 3:11 left in the first half. 18 innings

Saturday, Oct. 27: Boston at Los Angeles, 8:09 p.m. x- Sunday, Oct. 28: Boston at Los Angeles, 8:15 p.m. x-Tuesday, Oct. 30: Los Angeles at Boston, 8:09 p.m.

Oct. 31: Los Angeles at Boston, 8:09 p.m.