Sunday's tough loss at Madison Square Garden blurs into Monday's home game against the Boston Celtics, which officially marks the halfway point of this 66-game sprint. The Mavs sit at 20-12 after the 104-97 loss to Jeremy Lin's New York Knicks. It was...

Paul Pierce in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, in Auburn Hills, Mich. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson) AUBURN HILLS, Mich. Detroit has now won seven of its last nine games, including two victories in five days over the...

20, 2012 Feb 20 8:00 AM ET Allen Einstein/NBAE/Getty Images Greg Stiemsma goes up for the dunk in Detroit on Sunday. With two more dunks Sunday night against the Detroit Pistons, including the first career slam for rookie center Greg Stiemsma, the...

Detroit Pistons have improved quickly this season, 7-3 in February after starting the season 4-19. But that doesn't mean the club should be beating the Boston Celtics twice in the span of a week. Detroit took Boston to the house again on Sunday,...

Boston Celtics have lost to the Detroit Pistons twice in the past week. Feb 20, 2012 - The Detroit Pistons have improved quickly this season, 7-3 in February after starting the season 4-19. But that doesn't mean the club should be beating the Boston...

That seemed to take the wind out of Boston’s sails, and the Pistons needed less than three minutes to move the lead back to 12. Moments later, Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo picked up two technicals in a span of five seconds and was ejected. “Boston...

Celtics' Keyon Dooling, left, pressures Detroit Pistons' Rodney Stuckey in the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, in Auburn Hills, Mich. Stuckey contributed 16 points as the Pistons won 96-81. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson) Detroit...

HILLS-- Greg Monroe had 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, and Rodney Stuckey added 16 points to lead the surging Detroit Pistons over the Boston Celtics 96-81 on Sunday night. Detroit has now won seven of its last nine games, including two...

Monroe had 17 points and Rodney Stuckey added 16 points to lead the surging Detroit Pistons over the Boston Celtics 96-81 Sunday night. The Pistons are in Cleveland to face the Cavaliers Tuesday night (7 p.m. , FSN Plus). Pistons guard Brandon Knight...

Please leave me a link to the the many other great assists that are not listed so that this can be expanded to include more. Portland Trail Blazers guard Raymond Felton connects with Gerald Wallace on the end of a no look pass through two defenders. ...

Nets. New York Knicks at Miami Heat (Thursday, 7 p.m. ET, TNT): During the 8-1 run with point guard Jeremy Lin in the lineup through Sunday's win vs. the Dallas Mavericks, the Knicks played three teams with a winning record. That changes with the Hawks...

Hills— Pistons coach Lawrence Frank spent a year in Boston and from the looks of things, he took a page from their handbook. The Pistons outexecuted, outhustled and outplayed the older Boston Celtics, winning, 96-81, Sunday at The Palace. It was their...

HILLS, Mich. Detroit has now won seven of its last nine games, including two victories in five days over the Celtics, who were missing Kevin Garnett (personal reasons) and Brandon Bass (left knee). "I think we've found our effort, focus and intensity,"...

He added that to fix things, the team would need 12 heart transplants. Boston would go on to win the series in seven. On Saturday, after the UConn men's basketball team's 79-64 loss to Marquette at the XL Center's season finale put the Huskies' NCAA...

HILLS â The Pistons were in the running for the NBA's worst team two weeks ago. That's no longer the case â for now. The Pistons on Sunday beat the Boston Celtics for the second time in five days, a 96-81 victory that gives them seven wins in their last...

So in 2012, when the Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics are both on a three-game skid, who is the concern and talk going to center on? You guessed it, the Boston Celtics because in the minds of nearly every one, they are a side that should...

HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Amid stories about Jeremy Lin and the upcoming All-Star game, the Detroit Pistons have quietly become one of the hottest teams in the NBA. Greg Monroe had 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, and Rodney Stuckey added 16 points...

The name Celtics originated in 1946. It was was given to Boston’s pro basketball entry by Walter Brown, the franchise’s founder. “We’ll call them the Boston Celtics,” he said. “The name has a great basketball tradition, especially when you think of the...

PressDirk Nowitzki (with the basketball) and the defending champion Dallas Mavericks host the Boston Celtics in a game televised at 8 tonight on TNT. Today on the air (Click on to links for more team or event information) (You may use HTML tags for...