43pts
Jayson Tatum
BOSvsDET
Nov 12, 2022
NBA head-to-headCeltics vs Pistons Rivalry
Boston Celtics vs Detroit Pistons Head-to-Head
Boston Celtics lead the all-time record 276-157 across 446 recorded meetings and 13 meetings without a final source score.
Matchup fact
The Boston Celtics won 99 of 123 meetings from 1956 through 1970.
By Erik AnderssonStats synced Apr 16, 2026BOS
276
vs
DET
157
446 meetings13 scores unavailable
All-time
BOS lead 276-157
Recent form
BOS 6-4 over the latest 10
Last meeting
DET won 104-103 on Jan 19, 2026
Closeness
119 wins separate the teams
Series context
The average winning margin is 10.7 points across decided games.
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
Jan 19, 26
DET 104-103 BOS
DETDec 15, 25
BOS 105-112 DET
DETNov 26, 25
BOS 117-114 DET
BOSOct 26, 25
DET 119-113 BOS
DETFeb 26, 25
DET 117-97 BOS
DETDec 12, 24
BOS 123-99 DET
BOSDec 4, 24
BOS 130-120 DET
BOSOct 26, 24
DET 118-124 BOS
BOSMar 22, 24
DET 102-129 BOS
BOSMar 18, 24
BOS 119-94 DET
BOS| Date | Home | Away | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2026 | DET | BOS | 104–103 | DET |
| Dec 15, 2025 | BOS | DET | 105–112 | DET |
| Nov 26, 2025 | BOS | DET | 117–114 | BOS |
| Oct 26, 2025 | DET | BOS | 119–113 | DET |
| Feb 26, 2025 | DET | BOS | 117–97 | DET |
| Dec 12, 2024 | BOS | DET | 123–99 | BOS |
| Dec 4, 2024 | BOS | DET | 130–120 | BOS |
| Oct 26, 2024 | DET | BOS | 118–124 | BOS |
| Mar 22, 2024 | DET | BOS | 102–129 | BOS |
| Mar 18, 2024 | BOS | DET | 119–94 | BOS |
Last Meeting
Jan 19, 2026Final
DET
104
HOME
BOS
103
AWAY
Pistonswon by1
Pistons' 2nd straight in this series·Game 446 of all-time series
Matchup context
Boston Celtics have won 6 of the latest 10 scored meetings. Boston Celtics lead the complete decided record 276-157. The 10.7-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.
- History span
- 1948 to 2026
- 77 seasons
- Average margin
- 10.7 points
- Across decided games
- Playoff history
- 44
- 44 playoff meetings across 8 postseasons
All-Time Record
Win Percentage
276W
157W
BOS
DET
64%36%
Boston CelticsDetroit Pistons
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season389 games
252
137
Playoffs44 games
24
20
Boston Celtics Biggest Win
150–106+44
Dec 24, 1960
Detroit Pistons Biggest Win
118–66+52
Jan 31, 2003
Decade Breakdown
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Season by Season
| Season ↓ | BOS ↕ | DET ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024–25 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023–24 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022–23 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021–22 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019–20 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018–19 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017–18 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016–17 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Matchup Insights
Home / Away Split
AWAY
109-102
BOS
AWAY
55-167
DET
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Detroit Pistons: 2 consecutive wins
2
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 10.7 pts on average
10.7pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
BOS-Neutral
Last 1060%
All-Time63.7%
DET-Neutral
Last 1040%
All-Time36.3%
Last 10 Results
BOS / DET
Advanced Stats
1996-presentBased on 79 of 446 all-time meetings that have play-by-play dataOvertime History
Total OT Games
3
BOS OT Wins
1
DET OT Wins
2
Biggest OT Game
115-113 on Mar 11, 2005 (2OT)
Largest Leads
BOS Biggest Leads
+60pts
Jan 31, 2003
#2:+33 pts·Mar 15, 2010
#3:+31 pts·Nov 20, 1996
DET Biggest Leads
+30pts
Mar 8, 2002
#2:+29 pts·Oct 27, 2018
#3:+28 pts·Feb 13, 2019
Lead Changes
Most in a Game
22
Apr 3, 2011
Average per Game
6.6
per game
Times Tied
Most Ties in a Game
17
Feb 26, 2022
Average Ties per Game
5.7
per game
Attendance Records
Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
22,076
Feb 19, 2012
Lowest
12,340
Mar 13, 2000
Average
18,519
Shooting Percentages
Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
BOS45.8%
DET44.8%
BOS +1.0 pp
3P%
BOS35.6%
DET34.0%
BOS +1.6 pp
FT%
BOS76.6%
DET74.4%
BOS +2.2 pp
TS%
BOS54.8%
DET53.6%
BOS +1.2 pp
Top Scorers (1996-present)
Career points, games, and biggest single-game vs this opponent
BOS Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Pierce | 866 | 40 | 21.6 | 40 |
| Antoine Walker | 441 | 23 | 19.2 | 33 |
| Jayson Tatum | 423 | 17 | 24.9 | 43 |
| Jaylen Brown | 337 | 18 | 18.7 | 31 |
| Kevin Garnett | 260 | 14 | 18.6 | 33 |
| Ray Allen | 257 | 18 | 14.3 | 29 |
| Rajon Rondo | 251 | 23 | 10.9 | 35 |
| Marcus Smart | 227 | 20 | 11.3 | 23 |
| Isaiah Thomas | 219 | 8 | 27.4 | 41 |
| Al Horford | 158 | 15 | 10.5 | 19 |
| Walter McCarty | 141 | 16 | 8.8 | 19 |
| Eric Williams | 127 | 14 | 9.1 | 17 |
| Jae Crowder | 125 | 9 | 13.9 | 21 |
| Kendrick Perkins | 122 | 16 | 7.6 | 18 |
| Avery Bradley | 109 | 9 | 12.1 | 18 |
DET Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Hamilton | 458 | 26 | 17.6 | 29 |
| Andre Drummond | 351 | 20 | 17.6 | 28 |
| Tayshaun Prince | 351 | 30 | 11.7 | 27 |
| Grant Hill | 296 | 14 | 21.1 | 33 |
| Chauncey Billups | 294 | 19 | 15.5 | 28 |
| Jerry Stackhouse | 280 | 13 | 21.5 | 40 |
| Rasheed Wallace | 263 | 18 | 14.6 | 31 |
| Rodney Stuckey | 228 | 17 | 13.4 | 27 |
| Lindsey Hunter | 227 | 20 | 11.3 | 25 |
| Reggie Jackson | 187 | 12 | 15.6 | 24 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 165 | 11 | 15.0 | 31 |
| Saddiq Bey | 158 | 10 | 15.8 | 30 |
| Greg Monroe | 155 | 9 | 17.2 | 22 |
| Antonio McDyess | 142 | 15 | 9.5 | 21 |
| Ben Wallace | 142 | 18 | 7.9 | 14 |
Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)
Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
41pts
Isaiah Thomas
BOSvsDET
Jan 30, 2017
40pts
Jerry Stackhouse
DETvsBOS
Feb 2, 2001
40pts
Paul Pierce
BOSvsDET
Feb 2, 2001
38pts
Jayson Tatum
BOSvsDET
Feb 15, 2023
Rivalry Fingerprint
Focus or tap a row to compare the exact gap. Every value is an average from matched game-level records, not a projection.
Quarter scoring pulse
86 games with complete quarter lines
BOSDET
How they create points
73 games with complete style splits
Selected comparison
Second-chance points: BOS +2.0 points73 games
BOS highest-scoring quarter
Q4 · 25.0
DET highest-scoring quarter
Q4 · 24.5
Widest fingerprint gap
BOS +2.0 second-chance points
Questions about this record: Boston Celtics vs Detroit Pistons
How is the Boston Celtics vs Detroit Pistons meeting total counted?
The source contains 446 recorded meetings. 433 meetings have a winner; 13 meetings have no final source score and do not count as a win. This is why the meeting total can be larger than the two win totals combined.
What is the Boston Celtics vs Detroit Pistons NBA playoff record?
The playoff subset contains 44 games: Boston Celtics have 24 wins and Detroit Pistons have 20. Those games are already included in the complete all-time total.
Methodology & Data Sources
Last updated
Every head-to-head record on SharkBetting is computed from scored game logs. Regular-season and playoff results come from the balldontlie API and historical records cross-checked against basketball-reference.com. All-time records, recent form, postseason splits, margins, streaks, decades, and seasons are calculated from the same listed results. Records without a final score are excluded from decided-game statistics.
Stats are refreshed after completed game days when new source data is available. Each page's Last updated date shows when its underlying data was actually synced. If you spot an error, head to our contact page with the game date and we will verify against the source feeds.
Pre-1996 game scores partially derived from the nbadb dataset by Wyatt Walsh, distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0.