Malik Beasley scored 26 points, Cade Cunningham had 21 points and 11 assists and the Detroit Pistons beat the Boston Celtics 117-97 on Wednesday night in a matchup of two of the NBA's hottest teams. The Pistons (33-26) won their eighth straight and ended a 12-game losing streak against Boston,

Beasley has been shimmying plenty these days. During the Pistons’ eight-game winning streak, Beasley has averaged more than 20 points per game while hitting 51.8 percent of his 3-pointers. His emergence has helped the Pistons overcome the Jan. 1 injury to Jaden Ivey and surge toward the franchise’s first playoff berth since 2019.

BOS ran out of gas, couldn’t get stops and were impacted by DET’s physicality. Tatum 27, White 18, Pritchard 18, Porzingis 11;