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Tue, Oct 20 · 3:00 PM ET

BOS logoBOSBoston Celtics56-26 · 2025-26 final
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DET logoDETDetroit Pistons59-22 · 2025-26 final

Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons preview

Model win prob.DET 59%

Model: our NBA season simulator (50,000 simulated seasons, run nightly). Not betting odds.

Numbers to know

  • 1DET has won 4 of the last 5 meetings (since the 2024-25 season, incl. playoffs).
  • 2BOS has lost its last 3 games (2025-26, incl. playoffs).
  • 3Last meeting: DET beat BOS 104–103 — Jan 19, 2026.
BOS logo

BOS recent form

Last 5 games played (2025-26, incl. playoffs)

  • L5/2vs PHI logo PHI100–109Playoffs
  • L4/30@ PHI logo PHI93–106Playoffs
  • L4/28vs PHI logo PHI97–113Playoffs
  • W4/26@ PHI logo PHI128–96Playoffs
  • W4/24@ PHI logo PHI108–100Playoffs
DET logo

DET recent form

Last 5 games played (2025-26, incl. playoffs)

  • L5/17vs CLE logo CLE94–125Playoffs
  • W5/15@ CLE logo CLE115–94Playoffs
  • L5/13vs CLE logo CLE113–117Playoffs
  • L5/11@ CLE logo CLE103–112Playoffs
  • L5/9@ CLE logo CLE109–116Playoffs

Key players

Paul George

BOS

Paul George

17.3 PTS · 5.3 REB · 3.6 AST per game

2025-26 regular season · 37 games (with PHI)

Cade Cunningham

DET

Cade Cunningham

23.9 PTS · 5.5 REB · 9.9 AST per game

2025-26 regular season · 64 games

NBA: the top scorer per game on the current roster over the latest regular season in our logs (2025-26; min. 20 games).

Head to head

BOS 1 – 4 DET · last 5

Meetings since the 2024-25 season, incl. playoffs.

  • 1/19/26BOS 103 @ DET 104
  • 12/15/25DET 112 @ BOS 105
  • 11/26/25DET 114 @ BOS 117
  • 10/26/25BOS 113 @ DET 119
  • 2/26/25BOS 97 @ DET 117

All numbers come from our own schedule and game-log tables; each section states its window. Results our logs can't settle reliably (e.g. a tied run or goal sum) show as “–” and are left out of streaks. Not betting advice.