| 114 – 111 |
| Box Scores: NBA – Yahoo |
| GAME SUMMARY |
| Location: Gainbridge Fieldhouse (17274), Clock: Final |
| Officials: Marc Davis, Courtney Kirkland, and John Goble |
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Celtics | 32 | 25 | 24 | 33 | 114 |
| Indiana Pacers | 31 | 38 | 21 | 21 | 111 |
| TEAM STATS |
| Team | PTS | FG | FG% | 3P | 3P% | FT | FT% | OREB | TREB | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Celtics | 114 | 39-83 | 47.0% | 16-46 | 34.8% | 20-26 | 76.9% | 7 | 46 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 12 |
| Indiana Pacers | 111 | 46-91 | 50.5% | 5-22 | 22.7% | 14-14 | 100.0% | 9 | 49 | 32 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| PLAYER STATS |
by Nyhrox
50 Comments
Jrue Holiday: menace
The Pacers even being in this position in the first place without Hali is impressive.
They’re a fun team with a bright future even if they’ve blown the lead in the clutch twice now this series.
Carlisle each game with a really questionable choice that ended up screwing the team over.
Sitting in the timeout in Game 1 on the inbound turnover + refusing to foul up 3
Benching stars halfway the entire 4th in Game 2
Sitting on a timeout again with the game on the line for the final possession (admittedly not AS bad but still really questionable given the last 3 offensive possessions.)
Brutal to watch as Indy fails to hold a lead again in clutch time.
Rick, what does the word timeout mean to you?
The Pacers are a young team and have been crumbling down the stretch, but what is Rick Carlisle doing lol
If this is the adversity all the talking heads were saying the Celtics needed, I dont like it. I’d much rather win comfortably from the opening tip…
The Pacers really let grandpa Al rock up from the nursing home and cook them from three tonight.
Jrue’s Flu Game
Imagine being an underdog and blowing a big lead to lose in demoralizing fashion multiple times in a series
Rick saving his timeouts for game 8
Jrue and White proving time and time again how valuble they are despite shooting like garbage
Reggie Miller is probably rolling in his grave from the Pacers choking in this series
Pacers have a **LOT** of work to do if they want this to be a gentleman’s sweep.
Carlisle has cost the team in 2 games by not using timeouts & withdrew his starters down 13 with 9 minutes left in this series. Absolute disaster class of in game management
The conference finals are both just choke job after choke job
“Pacers are on a 1v4 fast break with 8 seconds left but have a timeou-”
Rick Carlisle: “WHAT THE FUCK IS A TIMEOUT”
Pacers have really managed to lose every game in this series in heartbreaking fashion. I feel like you’d almost rather be blown out atp.
Can’t have shit in Indiana
I’d like to thank Rick Carlisle for whatever the heck it is that makes him allergic to calling obvious timeouts
Waiting for tonight’s Tatum spin….
Rick Carlisle should apologize to TJ McConnell
The “knocked away and stolen by Holiday!” brought a tear to my eye. 😢
Vibes are immaculate
JT is fucking here
Clutched tf up in the 4th
Coaching difference.
Pacers would’ve been up 2-1 if a game is only 47 minutes
How did pacers get this far with that type of defense? Especially in clutch time
How TF did we manage to turn that around in the end 👏👏
Everyone of the starters had their moments in the final minutes
That Pass from Tatum was chefs kiss 🤌🤌
15+ point playoff comebacks, so hot right now
Lmao how the fuck did we win that
IM FUCKING SICK and not even a Pacers fan
Terrible coaching decision by Carlisle down the stretch.
The Celtics are one of the weirdest teams ever — they just force themselves into terrible situations and somehow win with their championship-contender plot armor
#JRUE HOLIDAY SAID FUCK YOUR SUPERBOWL
how do we keep getting away with these 😭
Yeah Hali’s done for the season
If I have to watch another Tatum behind the back pass to a wide open Horford for 3 I’m gonna explode
Pacers about to be swept
Carlisle still bitching about the Jrue steal after running THAT final play is wild
Crazy how Bucks traded one of the best perimeter defenders in the league, just to score a little more.
Man you gotta give this Pacers team credit, they got some dudes who can scrap. Nembhard is gonna be a problem in the coming years especially
I was reading the pregame threads, and every Celtics fans said the same thing after the Hali injury: Celtics are going to underperform, play lazy and down to their competition, probably even be down, and then come back and win making everyone sweat. Exactly what happened, haha.
I’ve never seen a man literally touch earth on a dribble move to potentially lose the game, come back to the land of the living, and proceed to snatch the ball and the soul out of a franchise. With a cold or whatever fuck he had going on
Jrue fucking Holliday lmao
Insane comeback for us. I was ready to accept the loss because holy shit the Pacers were balling the fuck out. Seems that the Celtics remembered how to play defense in the second half.
Big shoutout to Old Man Al for nailing those 3’s.
If Tatum passes behind his back you can bet your bottom dollar a Celtic is about to sink a three.
contrary to the popular opinion on here, I think the celtics are gonna stomp whichever team they face coming out of the west, they’re just too talented, and this is without KP
I’m still wondering what foul Carlisle thinks he saw there. Extending out and stepping on Jrue Holiday’s foot is not a defensive foul.
Sorry to the haters and losers, the Celtics just held the 2nd most efficient offense in NBA history to 42 points in the second half at home.
Ime Udoka could be sitting pretty right now if he could keep it in his pants.
I don’t understand why the Celtics didn’t pull their starters when we were up 13. That’s kinda rude.
People have been sleeping on the Pacers incredible offense. This was a gutsy win for Boston which will certainly boost their confidence as they march to the finals.