The Celtics got a scare, and nearly dropped their second straight home game, but were able to hold on to a 106-102 victory to take a 3-2 series lead over the Pistons.

Ray Allen finally decided to show up, scoring 29 points in this one and hitting a 2-point jump shot with under a minute to play, just after Detroit had pulled the game within one. KG finished with 33 points, Paul Pierce with 16, and Kendrick Perkins had 18 points and 16 boards.

Chauncey Billups scored 26 points for the Pistons, but struggled from the field and shot only 7-17 in the game. Rip Hamilton had 25, Rasheed Wallace had 18, and Rodney Stuckey continued to provide a spark off the bench with 13 points.

Game 6 will be Friday night, and we’ll just go ahead and jump to Game 7, which will be on Sunday (probably evening). Given that the Celtics have been involved in nothing but 7-game series, we’ll just presume they’ll lose on the road — again — and then win this thing at home, again.