AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Lawrence Frank made it clear before the game that his Detroit Pistons couldnt afford to lean on any built-in excuses after returning from overseas. Jet lag, a break in routine and a tough Boston opponent? Franks team overcame all of it. "We bent, and we didnt break," the Detroit coach said. Rookie Andre Drummond had 16 points and seven rebounds, and the Pistons routed the Celtics 103-88 on Sunday night after returning from Europe. Detroit lost to the New York Knicks in London on Thursday, but didnt look particularly weary in its first game back. The Pistons blew an 18-point second-quarter lead before pulling away again in the second half. Boston never led. "We are playing awful and I am clearly not doing my job for this team and I am serious," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "I am not trying to take a bullet for the team and I told them that. I said we have to find something where all 12 guys play the same way." Boston has lost three straight to drop to 20-20 on the season. Drummond went 5 of 6 from the field, repeatedly slipping free for dunks. He also made 6 of 8 free throws after entering the game shooting 39 per cent from the line. That foiled Bostons short-lived strategy of fouling to put him on the line. "I was really proud of Andre, the way he responded when they resort to hack-a-Drummond," Frank said. "You know youre in the league when they do that." Kevin Garnett scored 16 points for Boston, and Rajon Rondo had eight points, 15 assists, nine rebounds and nine turnovers. The Celtics wiped out an 18-point second-quarter deficit before the first half even ended, but Detroit led 52-48 after scoring the last four points before the break. It was a one-point game in the third before Brandon Knight and Tayshaun Prince made 3-pointers for the Pistons to make it 61-54. Detroit led 70-58 before an 8-0 run by Boston. Drummond snapped that with a one-handed dunk on an alley-oop from fellow big man Greg Monroe. It was 81-71 after three. Drummonds dunk on an alley-oop from Will Bynum made it 89-73. "I just always move myself into the right areas," Drummond said. "Try to get behind the defence. For the most part, we all click as a team." Monroe, Knight and Bynum scored 15 points apiece for Detroit. Courtney Lee had 16 for Boston, and Jeff Green added 15. Celtics guard Avery Bradley was back after missing a game with a rib injury, but he scored only six points. "I had double pads on just in case I got hit while I was in the game," Bradley said. "I just have to fight through it." The Pistons arrived back from overseas around midday Friday. "If were going to search for excuses, theyll always be there," Frank said before Sundays game. But Detroit looked fine from the start. The Pistons scored the games first seven points and then went on a 9-0 run at the beginning of the second quarter to take a 36-18 lead. "Just getting back in the gym after getting back from London and getting that jet lag out of there and get some shots up -- we got some great workouts in," Knight said. Boston responded after falling behind by 18, scoring the games next 10 points, including a steal and dunk by Paul Pierce and two 3-pointers by Lee. Twice, the Pistons turned the ball over near their own free throw line after defensive rebounds, leading to easy baskets for the Celtics. Boston finally tied it at 48. NOTES: The Celtics have lost four straight to Detroit. ... The Pistons had 21 turnovers and Boston had 18. ... Monroe, Knight, Bynum and Kyle Singler had five assists apiece for Detroit. Cheap NFL Jerseys .C. - Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith is donating $100,000 to help the survivors of the movie-theatre shooting in Colorado pay for medical expenses. 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SUNRISE, Fla. -- Not long after the Florida Panthers paid tribute to their past, Jonathan Huberdeau offered a glimpse of their future. Huberdeaus first NHL shot resulted in his first NHL goal and opened an early Florida scoring barrage, as the Panthers unfurled their Southeast Division championship banner and went on to ease past the Carolina Hurricanes 5-1 in the opener for both clubs on Saturday night. Huberdeau finished with a goal and two assists, as did linemate Alex Kovalev, whos played in 1,302 more games than the highly touted rookie forward. "Youve all heard a lot about Jonathan Huberdeau and I think you got a pretty good snapshot of his high-end skill set tonight," Panthers coach Kevin Dineen said. "A coach always picks out little things that you can work on here, but that was a fairly impressive debut, to say the least." Jose Theodore stopped 41 shots for Florida. Defenceman Bryan Campbell scored twice for the Panthers, who matched a franchise record with four first-period goals -- more than they posted in any period of any game since Dec. 17, 2010, according to STATS. "Huberdeau, for his first NHL game, has been great," said newly minted Panthers captain Ed Jovanovski. The 19-year-old opened the floodgates, for certain. Only a few minutes after the Panthers pregame ceremony included a tribute to longtime season-ticket-holders and the unfurling of last seasons banner, Huberdeau -- the No. 3 overall pick in the 2011 draft -- was the beneficiary of some gritty work by Kovalev and Peter Mueller on the way to that first goal. Kovalev carried the puck up the left wing, muscled it behind the net to Mueller, who saw Huberdeau was unmarked in front of the Hurricanes net. He smacked the puck past Cam Wards stick side for the first Florida goal of the season. "Mueller and Kovalev, theyre easy to play with," said Huberdeau, who wore a red felt cowboy-style hat -- replete with a white feather, this seasons prize that the Panthers will award to the player they choose as the star of wins -- after the game. "I just went in front of the net, they pass me the puck and I just need to put it in." The celebrations came en masse for the next few minutes. Campbell -- whose only other two-goal game came in November 2005 -- added a pair of power-play scores over a 10-minute span to push Floridas lead to 3-0. Scottie Upshall had another man-advantage goal 40 seconds after Campbells second tally, and the Panthers needed only 11 shots to build a 4-00 edge.dddddddddddd "Its good to get off to that start," Campbell said. "Weve got to keep applying pressure." Kovalev made it 5-0 at 3:35 of the second, his first NHL regular-season goal since March 29, 2011. Patrick Dwyer scored for Carolina. The Hurricanes starting goaltender Cam Ward was pulled following the first period, after stopping just eight of the 12 shots he faced. "We put ourselves behind the eight-ball early on," Hurricanes coach Kirk Muller said. "Its the sloppy things we need to work on." And whatever the Hurricanes tried to do against Theodore, the Panthers goalie was up to the task. "We didnt come out as hard as wed like," Carolinas Jordan Staal said. "It was a little bit of nerves coming out. They capitalized on our mistakes. When youre down 4-0 its hard to come back. ... We had the juices flowing before the game and we were excited but it was a few big mistakes early and that took the wind out of our sails." It was the Panthers first time on the ice since falling in a double-overtime Game 7 first-round matchup against eventual Stanley Cup finalist New Jersey last season, and it wasnt clear what effect the lockout would have on a so-called non-traditional hockey market such as Florida. The Panthers said the game was a sellout -- no small feat for hockey in South Florida, especially since the schedule wasnt released until a week before the start to the shortened season -- and team president Michael Yormark said the teams business side handled hockeys work stoppage well. "Coming out of the playoffs, after losing Game 7, granted we were all disappointed that we didnt get to the second round," Yormark said. "But when we had time to reflect, we said, You know what, we took a big step forward." With most of last seasons roster back -- and the additions of players such as Huberdeau and Kovalev -- the Panthers are hoping last season serves as just the start of a hockey renaissance in South Florida. "A real team effort for us tonight," Dineen said. "Good, satisfying win." NOTES: It was Floridas 33rd straight win when scoring five goals in regulation, a streak that began in January 2009. ... Ward has started against Florida 28 times, and allowed at least four goals in eight of those games. ... Florida has won six of its past seven matchups with Carolina, a stretch that includes an overtime and a shootout victory. ... Dineen is a former Carolina player; Muller is a former Florida player. ' ' '