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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 27 | 18 | 37 | 26 | 108 |
 Pacers | 32 | 22 | 16 | 28 | 98 |
BOSTeam statsIND| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 45-8056.3% | 10-2540.0% | 8-988.9% | 30 | 22 | 14 |
| IND | 38-7848.7% | 7-2330.4% | 15-15100.0% | 36 | 20 | 18 |
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Boston Celtics108| 38 | 11 | 4-10 | 1-5 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +14 | −7.9 | ||||
| 35 | 15 | 7-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +4.6 | ||||||
| 34 | 25 | 11-20 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | +9 | +4.1 | |||||||
| 32 | 21 | 8-15 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0 | +12 | +8.0 | |||||||
| 21 | 5 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 1-1 | +8 | −2.2 | ||||||||
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| 24 | 8 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −2.0 | |||||
| 20 | 17 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +7.8 | ||||
| 19 | 6 | 2-6 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.5 | |||||
| 13 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −4.8 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −0.9 | |
| Team | 108 | 45-8056.3% | 10-2540.0% | 30 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 8-988.9% | 4 | 8 | 4 | |||
Bench 31 points on 13 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Guerschon Yabusele and Jabari Bird (coach’s decision).
Indiana Pacers98| 36 | 16 | 5-9 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −12 | +3.1 | ||||||
| 33 | 11 | 5-12 | 1-4 | 0-0 | −8 | −1.2 | ||||||||
| 32 | 10 | 5-12 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −7.0 | ||||
| 31 | 11 | 5-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | +1.8 | |||||||
| 31 | 19 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +0.8 | |||||
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| 30 | 17 | 5-13 | 1-2 | 6-6 | 0 | −15 | +2.5 | |||||||
| 24 | 6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −4.1 | ||||
| 13 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +7 | −0.1 | |||||
| 10 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +2.1 | |||||
| Team | 98 | 38-7848.7% | 7-2330.4% | 36 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 15-15100.0% | 10 | 9 | 2 | |||
Bench 31 points on 11 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Alex Poythress, Ike Anigbogu, Al Jefferson and T.J. Leaf (coach’s decision).
Celtics108Pacers98ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Al Horford scored 21 points (7 during a 12-0 run in the third quarter), and the Boston Celtics closed the third quarter on a 19-4 run to beat the Indiana Pacers 108-98.
The Pacers led 66-63 with 4:17 left in the third quarter. Horford’s 2 free throws put the Celtics ahead for good with 3:34 left in the quarter. He scored 7 points during the run, and they led 82-70 after three quarters.
Kyrie Irving had 25 points (16 in the paint) and 6 assists.
For the Pacers, Myles Turner scored 19 points on 7 for 9 shooting. Turner scored 12 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter.
The Celtics shot 56.3% from the field and 40.0% from 3 to the Pacers’ 48.7% and 30.4%. The Pacers turned it over 19 times, about 6 more than usual for this many possessions. The Pacers were outscored 16-4 in 5 minutes with Young, Stephenson, Joseph, Bogdanovic and Sabonis on the floor together.
Boston CelticsIndiana PacersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Celtics’ chance bottomed out at 18% (2nd quarter, 7:48 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
100 points from the field on 80 shots: 17.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-24 | 75.0% | 63% |
| In the paint | 3-4 | 75.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 14-27 | 51.9% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-3 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-22 | 40.9% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Collison | 38 | 5 | 2-6 | −8 |
| Cory Joseph | 15 | 6 | 3-5 | +1 |
| Myles Turner | 4 | 2 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 12 | 6-10 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thaddeus Young | 28 | 9 | 4-9 | +4 |
| Myles Turner | 11 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Domantas Sabonis | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Bojan Bogdanovic | 5 | 5 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 4 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 58 possessions. He usually scores about 10 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Young | 14 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Cory Joseph | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Darren Collison | 7 | 5 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Domantas Sabonis | 4 | 7 | 3-4 | +6 |
| Everyone else | 3 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 36 possessions. He usually scores about 7 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
IND win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
BOS
50/50
IND
Highest Leverage Moments
Rozier 27' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Horford 6 AST)
Q3 5:04
13.2%
62→49
Irving 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup (17 PTS)
Q3 0:25
10.1%
27→17
Horford 26' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Smart 4 AST)
Q3 4:05
9.4%
62→53
Horford 29' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Irving 3 AST)
Q3 11:02
9.0%
77→68
Tatum 26' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Ojeleye 1 AST)
Q3 1:45
9.0%
30→21
