The Detroit Pistons have won five of their last six matchups, most recently defeating the Atlanta Hawks 142-115 at home last Friday. It was the team’s largest win of the season, and the bench scored a season-high 77 points in the win. 12 players scored at least 7 points, making the Pistons the third team in NBA history to accomplish that feat.

As the trade window opens, Boston’s strong start has clarified how the Celtics could approach the center market moving forward.

ESPN's Brian Windhorst ruled out the possibility of the Boston Celtics, or the NBA's 28 other teams, extracting big man Ivica Zubac from the Los Angeles Clipper

Jaylen Brown and Isaiah Stewart got into a scuffle under the rim which led to both players getting technicals after Brown made a fist at him.

But fast forward to the present, and it is clear that the Celtics are a good team with postseason potential despite those high-profile exits, and Mazzulla is a major part of the reason why given how well he is getting those younger replacements to play this season.

Fans in attendance on Dec. 15, 19 and 22 can join the national blood stem cell donor registry by getting their cheeks swabbed.

The Celtics have to find more offensive sources, especially when the 3-pointer is not falling. Another reliable big man and another bench scorer could help.

Today in Boston Celtics history, Charles Thomas Scott was born in New York City in 1948. Known as "Charlie" to a number of Celtics fans, the New York native broke the color barrier at the University of North Carolina as that famed institution of higher learning rostered their first Black scholarship athlete in history.