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BOSTON - The Boston Celtics have struggled to finish off teams this season, blowing a 23-point lead against Atlanta one night before wasting an 11-point, fourth-quarter advantage against Detroit on Wednesday.Good thing for them they had overtime to fall back on against the Pistons.Jeff Green scored 32 points, including a 3-pointer as Boston opened overtime with eight straight points, and the Celtics snapped a five-game losing streak by beating Detroit 109-102.Im excited for the guys that they gutted one out when it kind of teeter-tottered toward not going their way, said Celtics coach Brad Stevens, whose team led by 11 with just over three minutes left in regulation. We needed to respond. Im not going to overreact, though. Weve only done it once.The loss was the 10th in a row for Detroit. Greg Monroe scored 15 of his 29 points after the 3:13 mark of the fourth, when the Pistons rallied from an 84-83 deficit.But Detroit never recovered after giving up the first three baskets — including 3-pointers by Jared Sullinger and Green to open the overtime.I dont really believe much in momentum, Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said.Andre Drummond had 27 points, 14 rebounds, four steals and five blocked shots, including Greens potential game-winner at the end of regulation, for Detroit.Detroit led by six points in the second quarter and held their last lead in the third at 55-54.Boston opened the fourth quarter with a 10-3 run with Kelly Olynyk scoring seven straight points on a dunk, a 3-pointer and a reverse layup that made it 73-64. He followed that up with a defensive rebound and bounce pass for an assist on Evan Turners basket that gave the Celtics an 11-point lead with 7:25 to play.Thats when Monroe rattled off nine points in a row and, after Green made two free throws, the Pistons forward added another basket to make it 86-84 with less than a minute to play.He just made shot after shot after shot, Stevens said.It was 88-85 when Caron Butler sank a wide-open 3-pointer from the left wing to tie it. The Celtics had a chance to win in regulation when Green drove and attempted a floater from about six feet that Drummond swatted away.The dam got hit but didnt break. Thats the good thing, said Olynyk, who had 20 points and seven rebounds for the Celtics, who had lost six in a row at home and blown double-digit leads on their own floor five times. We played in that overtime well, got some stops when we needed to and hit some big shots.WHATS THE POINTPistons point guard Brandon Jennings had 12 assists and one point on 0-for-11 shooting. Backup D.J. Augustin was 0-for-6. Even one basket in regulation could have made a difference.Theres a lot of ifs. A lot of ifs, Van Gundy said. A lot of things that could have happened and didnt.SHOOTING SLUMPSThe teams combined to miss 121 shots, with the Celtics outshooting Detroit 39.8 per cent to 36.3 per cent. Honestly, when youre shooting 36 per cent, Van Gundy said, you dont have a lot of margin for errors to win games.TIP-INSPistons: Josh Smith fouled out with 6:47 to play. He had 12 points and 11 rebounds. ... The Pistons broke 100 for the second time this season. They needed 52 minutes, 40 seconds to do it.Celtics: First-round draft pick Marcus Smart returned after missing 10 games with a sprained left ankle. He played five minutes, missed three 3-point attempts and had two assists. ... 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I dont expect anything to happen any time soon," Markovs agent, former NHLer Sergei Berezin, told LeBrun via text Wednesday morning. "But you never know." Agent Steve Bartlett remains in talks with the Tampa Bay Lightning about pending UFA Ryan Callahan: "Good-faith talks with Tampa continue, hard to handicap at this point," Bartlett said via email Wednesday morning. Avalanche of issues As per TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger on TSN Radio 1050 on Wednesday, the Colorado Avalanche will have some difficult decisions to make surrounding Ryan OReilly and Paul Stastny. One of these situations will definitely get messy and one wonders if Stastny will take a "home town discount." Bolland Banter While speculation continues to surround the Toronto Maple Leafs and pending UFA Dave Bolland, TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger told TSN Radio 1050 on Wednesday that as significant as Bolland is to the Leafs, there is a contract number in mind that the team is not comfortable going over. Singing The Blues? As per Andy Strickland of St. Louiss Big 550 KTRS, the Blues are Jason Spezzas top choice as a possible trade destination. Strickland adds that Spezza believess hes headed to either the Blues or the Anaheim Ducks.dddddddddddd Not So Fast Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving denied a report over the weekend that suggesting he would offer Jiri Hudler, Mikael Backlund, "possibly" Dennis Wideman and and a draft pick for Ottawa Senators centre Jason Spezza. "Its categorically false," he told Eric Francis of The Calgary Sun. "I havent made any such offers. Thats 100 per cent Fantasy Island. I saw it early Sunday online and had to read it a couple times and had to remind myself oh ya Im the Flames GM. Interesting." Treliving added that while he and soon-to-be-free agent Michael Cammalleri are in talks regarding a possible contract, there was nothing to a report that both sides had agreed to his price but were not in agreement on term. "The only things were unable to agree on are term and price - other than that we have a deal," he told The Sun. Pause Button On Kane? TSN Radio 1260s Gary Lawless wrote in The Winnipeg Free Press on Wednesday that Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff wont deal Evander Kane just for the sake of trading him, as team management believes Kane has yet to reach his full potential and they wouldnt want to see him score 40-plus goals in a different uniform. Lawless adds that the Jets arent going to be offered a roster player of equal value and that teams will try to offer picks and prospects. Market for R.J. Aaron Portzline of The Columbus Dispatch writes that R.J. Umberger has given the Blue Jackets a list of 10 teams to which he would not approve a trade. He adds that the Blue Jackets first choice would be to trade Umberger for a player or a draft pick, but they will likely have to keep some of Umbergers salary to make it happen. ' ' '