BOSTON — Entering Wednesday’s matchup, the Boston Celtics were coming off a 48-point shellacking of the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Pistons were on the wrong end of some lopsided, double-digit losses.
It made for what looked to be a predictable mismatch.
It wasn’t quite that, as neither team led by double digits, and the Pistons had a six-point lead early in the fourth quarter — and almost let it get away. They made the clutch shots down the stretch and held on for a 112-111 victory at TD Garden.
