Pistons flatten Celtics home streak

LOS ANGELES – Tobias Harris tallied 31 points as the Detroit Pistons halted the Boston Celtics’ eight-game home win streak with a 118-108 victory in a battle between the two top teams in the Eastern Conference.

Andre Drummond posted 26 points, a season-high 22 rebounds and six assists as the Pistons went on a late 13-3 surge to seal the victory and spoil the start of Boston’s five-game homestand.

“Tonight was just a great night overall for all of us,” said Drummond. “We really wanted to beat these guys. We gave them our best shot and came out with a great win.”

It was the first meeting of the teams since the Celtics traded Avery Bradley to Detroit along with a second-round pick in exchange for Marcus Morris during the offseason.

In Oakland, California, Bogdan Bogdanovic made a go-ahead bank shot with 12.6 seconds left, lifting the Sacramento Kings over the Golden State Warriors, 110-106, with Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant injured and sitting out.

The Kings ended an eight-game skid at Golden State. The Warriors’ Klay Thompson missed a three-point try from atop the arc with 3.5 seconds left, his fourth straight miss, and Golden State went 0-for-7 from the floor after Thompson’s triple with 3:11 left.

Thompson finished with 21 points on 7-for-20 shooting with five three’s. Second-year guard Patrick McCaw took Curry’s place in the starting lineup and scored a season-best 16 points with career-highs of seven assists and four steals.

Willie Cauley-Stein scored 19 points to lead six Kings in double figures and also had eight rebounds and six assists. George Hill had 16 points and Sacramento led 83-82 heading into the fourth.

Back in Los Angeles, Bradley, who heard cheers from the Boston Garden crowd, and Morris both scored 13 points. Bradley also had five assists.

For Drummond, it was his fourth game of 22 rebounds in 10 career contests in the Garden.

Detroit guard Reggie Jackson finished with 20 points and seven assists in the win.

Elsewhere, LeBron James tallied 30 points, 13 rebounds and six assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers, 113-91.

Dwyane Wade came off the bench to score 15 points for Cleveland, who won their eighth straight contest to improve to 13-7 on the season.

In other results, Indiana downed Orlando, 121-109; Portland trounced New York, 103-91; Houston blasted Brooklyn, 117-103; San Antonio stopped Dallas, 115-108; and the Los Angeles Clippers stopped the LA Lakers, 120-115.