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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 34 | 34 | 33 | 30 | 131 |
 Pacers | 33 | 26 | 44 | 30 | 133 |
BOSTeam statsIND| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 47-9052.2% | 17-3548.6% | 20-2969.0% | 42 | 26 | 15 |
| IND | 48-9152.7% | 19-4047.5% | 18-2281.8% | 39 | 29 | 13 |
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Indiana Pacers133| 35 | 16 | 7-13 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.2 | ||||||
| 27 | 11 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 0 | +5 | +0.7 | |||||||
| 26 | 17 | 6-10 | 3-5 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | +1 | +5.4 | ||||||
| 21 | 7 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −1.3 | |||||
| 13 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +1.8 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 26 | 8-15 | 5-9, Season high (his best before, 4) | 5-7 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +6.5 | ||||||
| 25 | 15 | 6-11 | 3-7 | 0-0 | +7 | +3.7 | ||||||||
| 25 | 12 | 6-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | +10 | +2.8 | |||||||
| 20 | 13 | 4-5 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +3.5 | |||
| 12 | 9 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −0.9 | ||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | +0.4 | |||||
| Team | 133 | 48-9152.7% | 19-4047.5% | 39 | 29 | 13 | 23 | 18-2281.8% | 9 | 6 | 7 | |||
Bench 75 points on 28 for 49 shooting
Did not play: James Johnson, Ben Sheppard, Jordan Nwora and Jarace Walker (coach’s decision).
Boston Celtics131| 38 | 40, Season high (his best before, 36) | 17-26 | 3-4 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +3.1 | ||||||
| 38 | 21 | 9-16 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1.3 | |||||||
| 38 | 19 | 6-13 | 1-4 | 6-7 | 0 | +1 | +3.5 | |||||||
| 36 | 13 | 4-16 | 2-8 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −6.4 | ||||||
| 32 | 11 | 4-5 | 3-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −0.3 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 14 | 5-6 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +7.6 | ||||||
| 16 | 6 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 3-6 | 0 | +5 | +0.5 | |||||
| 10 | 5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | −3 | +0.1 | |||||||
| 5 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.0 | ||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −3.3 | |||
| Team | 131 | 47-9052.2% | 17-3548.6% | 42 | 26 | 15 | 20 | 20-2969.0% | 13 | 3 | 8 | |||
Bench 27 points on 7 for 14 shooting
Did not play: Lamar Stevens and Neemias Queta (coach’s decision).
Pacers133Celtics131ClickTap 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.
Bennedict Mathurin went 2 for 3 at the line with 0.6 seconds left, and the Indiana Pacers beat the Boston Celtics 133-131.
The Celtics had the ball down 2, but Luke Kornet missed an alley oop layup at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Celtics outscored the Pacers 17-15. Jrue Holiday scored 5 of the Celtics’ 17 on 2 for 3 shooting.
Mathurin scored 26 points with 5 3-pointers off the bench. The Pacers had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Celtics, Jaylen Brown scored a season-high 40 points (24 in the paint) on 17 for 26 shooting, and Holiday added 21 points and 6 assists.
The Pacers outscored the Celtics 75-27 off the bench.
Indiana PacersBoston CelticsPS, 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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
115 points from the field on 91 shots: 16.8 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-22 | 63.6% | 66% |
| In the paint | 8-17 | 47.1% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 7-12 | 58.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-9 | 55.6% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 14-31 | 45.2% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick White | 15 | 0 | 0-1 | −4 |
| Payton Pritchard | 11 | 3 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jaylen Brown | 9 | 8 | 3-4 | +6 |
| Kristaps Porziņģis | 8 | 9 | 3-5 | +7 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 8 | 3-8 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 58 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylen Brown | 15 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Jrue Holiday | 13 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Derrick White | 11 | 7 | 2-2 | +5 |
| Al Horford | 10 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 3 | 2 | 1-3 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 52 possessions. He usually scores about 12 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kristaps Porziņģis | 39 | 4 | 2-7 | −8 |
| Jaylen Brown | 14 | 7 | 3-4 | +3 |
| Jrue Holiday | 8 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Al Horford | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 7 | 3-4 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 24 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
Porzingis 26' 3PT Jump Shot (19 PTS) (Brown 2 AST)
Q4 1:05
33.0%
62→29
Mathurin Free Throw 1 of 3 (25 PTS)
Q4 0:01
32.2%
53→85
McConnell 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup (12 PTS)
Q4 0:44
23.3%
29→53
Hield 28' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (McConnell 7 AST)
Q4 4:42
19.1%
58→77
Brown 12' Pullup Jump Shot (40 PTS)
Q4 1:38
18.1%
82→64
