Detroit Pistons head coach J.B. Bickerstaff has urged his side not to dwell on their defeat to the Boston Celtics.

The Pistons, who were looking to clinch a franchise-record 14th consecutive win, fell to a 117-114 loss at TD Garden on Wednesday.

They were looking to break the record set by the 1989-90 and 2003-04 NBA championship-winning teams, but were unable to get over the line against the Celtics.

Bickerstaff downplayed the impact of the result and believes their main focus is on building towards the postseason.

“We understand it's one game, and we understand also that we didn't play our best basketball,” said Bickerstaff.

“There were things that we could've done better, and we still put ourselves in position to have a shot at it at the end of the game.

“So you know, all these things tally up. We're still learning, and hopefully, you know, we're not as good now as we are in April.”

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Cade Cunningham scored a game-high 42 points and also contributed with eight rebounds and five assists.

However, he missed a vital free-throw that would have tied the game with five seconds to play before Payton Pritchard sealed victory for Boston with two makes of his own from the charity stripe.

Although Cunningham admitted the Pistons were desperate to break the franchise record, he insisted they are now focused on bouncing back.

“We all wanted it tonight, we all wanted 14 wins,” said Cunningham.

“I'm not going to act like it didn't mean anything to us. It's a big deal, we all wanted to be on that side of history, but it didn't happen.

“We can't go back. I can't shoot the free throw again. We can't get up on threes again. The game is over with.

“It's about how we're going to respond. It's a lot of season left to go accomplish a lot of great things and that's where our mind is at.”