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Celtics beat Pistons 91-80, getting revenge for rare loss

By LARRY LAGE late in the game to help
AP Sports Writer hold off a potential come-
DETROIT (AP) — Al Horford back by the Pistons.
had 18 points, Kyrie Irving Detroit’s Tobias Harris
scored 16 and the Boston scored 19, reserve Anthony
Celtics get revenge for a Tolliver had 15 points and
rare loss, beating the De- Avery Bradley scored 12
troit Pistons 91-80 on Sun- against his former team. Ish
day. Smith added 11 points off
The Eastern Conference- the bench, taking advan-
leading Celtics bounced tage of an opportunity to
back from a loss Friday play in place of cold-shoot-
night at San Antonio, ex- ing Reggie Jackson.
tending their feat of losing TIP-INS
consecutive games only Celtics: Marcus Morris, who
once this season. was acquired in last sum-
The Pistons, meanwhile, mer’s trade with Detroit for
have lost six straight for the Bradley, didn’t play and is
first time since late in the expected to sit out the next
2014-15 season. game before having his left
Boston shut down the Pis- knee evaluated in Boston.
tons’ offense after giving Pistons: Jackson was 0 for 9
up a season-high 118 points and scored two points on
to them in a loss at home Boston Celtics forward Al Horford, center, goes to the basket against Detroit Pistons forwards Stanley free throws. ... Andre Drum-
last month. Johnson (7) and Tobias Harris, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Dec. mond made his first shot
The Celtics held Detroit to 10, 2017, in Detroit. late in the game after miss-
a season low in points and (AP Photo/Duane Burleson) ing his first four attempts
forced it to miss two-thirds Boston’s Jaylen Brown Smart had 12 points and Jayson Tatum scored 11. and finished with six points
of its shots. scored 12, reserve Marcus smooth-shooting rookie Tatum made a 3-pointer and 15 rebounds.q
DeMar DeRozan leads Raptors to sixth straight win

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN 11 for the Raptors. They 12,000-point mark for his
Associated Press won for the first time in Sac- career. He went into the
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ramento since 2014. day six points shy of the
— DeMar DeRozan scored Toronto led by 15 in the first milestone. That helped ex-
13 of his 25 points in the half, but couldn’t shake the tend Toronto’s longest win-
third quarter and the To- Kings until the third when ning streak of the season
ronto Raptors held off the DeRozan repeatedly got and ended a four-game
Sacramento Kings 102-87 into the lane and to the skid against Sacramento.
on Sunday for their sixth free throw line. He also The teams will meet again
straight victory. made two late baskets in in Toronto next Sunday.
Kyle Lowry added 15 points, the fourth after Sacramen- Zach Randolph had 19
12 rebounds and six as- to pulled to 90-83. points and 11 rebounds for
sists on an off-night shoot- DeRozan shot 9 of 15 and the Kings, and Buddy Hield
ing, Serge Ibaka scored 20 was 7 of 11 on free throws added 17 points.
points, and C.J. Miles had while going over the Two days after an over-

Toronto Raptors forward Serge Ibaka, left, knocks the ball out of
the hands of Sacramento Kings forward Zach Randolph during
the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017,
in Sacramento, Calif.
(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
time road victory in New first quarter. Toronto scored
Orleans, Sacramento the first 13 points and led
couldn’t sustain the mo- 17-2 on DeRozan’s short
mentum and dug a hole jumper four minutes into
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