<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3ICoTn_0wOKmzFE00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3ICoTn_0wOKmzFE00" width="1600" height="900" ><p>Just months after winning the 2024 NBA Finals, the Boston Celtics have proven a championship hangover isn’t in the cards for their 2024-2025 campaign. </p><p>The Detroit Pistons were the third team to find out on Saturday night.</p><p>Although most sportsbooks' point spreads in favor of Boston suggested a blowout was on the horizon, the Pistons once again proved they are no longer that same team that went 14-68 just a season ago.</p><p>Still, they remain searching for their first victory of the year.</p><p>Despite being down as many as 23 points through the first half, the Pistons never rolled over and threw in the towel on the second night of a back-to-back set. Coming out in the third quarter, the Pistons outscored the Celtics by ten points. They managed to climb within one point going into the fourth quarter.</p><p>In the fourth quarter, the Pistons and the Celtics went back and forth. The lead changed over a handful of times, with both teams leading by as many as six points at one point.</p><p>Just when the Pistons were within arm’s reach of a victory, they struggled to fully come away with the win. While they fell short with a 124-118 loss, NBA fans on social media issued Detroit a moral victory for their efforts against the defending champions. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Everyone watching the Pistons almost beat the Celtics every year <a href="https://t.co/oNHKuEjk75">pic.twitter.com/oNHKuEjk75</a></p>— japta (@DubsBetterrr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DubsBetterrr/status/1850349043580277028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>celtics and pistons randomly these past 2 seasons <a href="https://t.co/4FnOqt80tv">pic.twitter.com/4FnOqt80tv</a></p>— (@00selm) <a href="https://twitter.com/00selm/status/1850339183933505731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Much respect to the Pistons for making Tatum actually have to play in the 4th for the first time this season <a href="https://t.co/16qEXzUrUi">https://t.co/16qEXzUrUi</a></p>— Dan Greenberg (@StoolGreenie) <a href="https://twitter.com/StoolGreenie/status/1850350183546286522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Pistons are 0-3, but they're right there. Vastly improved team from a year ago.</p>— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/KeithSmithNBA/status/1850349799247163887?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Sucks that the Pistons are sitting at 0-3 because they have been worlds better than last season and have just barely fallen short against some good teams</p>— (@Three_Cone) <a href="https://twitter.com/Three_Cone/status/1850348924525056183?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote></div></body>

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Just months after winning the 2024 NBA Finals, the Boston Celtics have proven a championship hangover isn’t in the cards for their 2024-2025 campaign. The Detroit Pistons were the third team to find out on Saturday night. Although most sportsbooks' point spreads in favor of Boston suggested a blowout...