Key Moment

In a game of runs Wednesday night at the Palace of Auburn Hills, it was Boston’s third-quarter spurt that decided the result of the game.

Reggie Jackson made a jumper for Detroit with 4:03 left in the third period that made this game look like as if it might go down to the wire. That bucket brought the Pistons to within two at 72-70 after they had trailed by as many as 17 points just minutes before.

It didn’t take long for the Celtics to swing the momentum back in their favor.

Boston responded to Detroit’s run with a major run of its own. It scored 19 points over the final 3:52 of the quarter, all while limiting the Pistons to just four points. The C’s led 91-74 heading into the final quarter and their lead was never truly threatened the rest of the way.

Isaiah Thomas was Boston’s best player during the run. He scored nine of those 19 points while making two of his four shot attempts and four of his five free throw attempts in the final 3:52 of the quarter. Jae Crowder (five points), Marcus Smart (three points) and Tyler Zeller accounted for the other 10 points during the run.