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Sam Hauser left Monday’s Celtics game against the Detroit Pistons with an ankle sprain and is questionable to return.
The Pistons are 5-1 in their last six games, including wins over the Hawks and Heat, and they’re 8-3 on their travels this year. One of those losses came in a nail-biter at TD Garden in November, where Cade Cunningham & Co. almost overcame Boston's 47% night from 3-point range.
The Celtics had a clean injury report, but they had a relatively late addition ahead of the Pistons game Monday.
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The Detroit Pistons face off against the Boston Celtics for the third time this season, with each team taking one game in the series. The Pistons won the first matchup by six and lost the second by three.
BOSTON — Sam Hauser checked himself out of the Celtics’ game against the Pistons on Monday. He was downgraded on the injury report to questionable to return due to a left ankle sprain.
The Detroit Pistons (20-5) travel to TD Garden for a matchup on Peacock with the Boston Celtics (15-10). This is third meeting of the season between the teams as they split the series one apiece. Both meetings have come by six or fewer points, so another competitive and possible classic is on the way.
In the final five minutes, Brown hit a 3-pointer and blocked two shots to help Boston cut a nine-point deficit to two. But he also had a turnover, a shooting foul and, most consequentially, two missed free throws during that closing stretch.
Following his first three-game losing streak in two years, Jaylen Brown reiterated a belief he had stated several times before. This was in late October, after a frustrating road loss to the Detroit Pistons. At 0-3, Brown and the Boston Celtics were in an unfamiliar situation. He still wanted to give his young team time.
Celtics star Jaylen Brown dubbed Isaiah Stewart, one of the new-age "Bad Boy" Pistons, a "nice guy" after Boston lost to Detroit.
Derrick White scored 14 points in the fourth quarter against the Pistons on Monday, but the Celtics couldn't complete the comeback.