The Celtics won the next two games, putting them in the NBA Finals and kicking off the Pistons' historic losing streak. The Pistons made the playoffs the following year as the No. 8 seed with a 39 ...

Longtime Boston Celtics rival power forward/center John Salley, most irritating to Boston fans during his Detroit Pistons ...

The Celtics desperately needed to avoid an 0-3 hole, and did so after a return to the Garden for Game 3. Larry Bird broke free for 30 points, while his trusted deputy Dennis Johnson levelled 26 as ...

The title “Untenable Toll” came from a Bill Walton quote about how injuries, beginning in 1987 began to break down the Celtics ... Parrish talk about the Pistons’ dirty big man.