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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pacers | 33 | 17 | 29 | 12 | 91 |
 Celtics | 29 | 23 | 16 | 31 | 99 |
INDTeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND | 36-8144.4% | 13-3438.2% | 6-1060.0% | 36 | 23 | 11 |
| BOS | 40-8447.6% | 11-2839.3% | 8-988.9% | 48 | 22 | 14 |
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Boston Celtics99| 39 | 37 | 15-26 | 6-10 | 1-2 | +4 | +13.5 | ||||||||
| 39 | 26 | 11-20 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 0 | +8 | +2.0 | |||||||
| 37 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | −6.4 | |||||||
| 27 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −3.3 | ||||||
| 15 | 5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +0.4 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 13 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −1.1 | |||
| 21 | 0 | 0-8 | 0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −11.5 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +19 | −0.6 | |||||
| 13 | 4 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +1 | −0.6 | ||||
| Team | 99 | 40-8447.6% | 11-2839.3% | 48 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 8-988.9% | 7 | 3 | 5 | |||
Bench 21 points on 7 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Guerschon Yabusele, Robert Williams III, Brad Wanamaker and Semi Ojeleye (coach’s decision).
Indiana Pacers91| 35 | 23 | 9-21 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 0 | −4 | +5.1 | |||||||
| 33 | 13 | 6-10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −3.3 | ||||||
| 33 | 15 | 6-13 | 1-5 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +4.2 | |||||||
| 33 | 8 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −4.8 | ||||||
| 28 | 6 | 2-8 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −5.8 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −13 | +1.1 | |||||
| 21 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −2.8 | ||||
| 19 | 13 | 5-9 | 3-4 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | −14 | +0.9 | |||||
| 11 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | 0.0 | |||
| 6 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.6 | |
| Team | 91 | 36-8144.4% | 13-3438.2% | 36 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 6-1060.0% | 4 | 11 | 3 | |||
Bench 26 points on 10 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Edmond Sumner, Kyle O'Quinn and T.J. Leaf (coach’s decision).
Celtics99Pacers91ClickTap 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.
Kyrie Irving scored 37 points (8 during a 16-0 run in the fourth quarter), and the Boston Celtics closed the fourth quarter on a 10-0 run to beat the Indiana Pacers 99-91 for a 2-0 lead in the first-round series.
The Pacers led 91-89 when Jayson Tatum’s corner 3-pointer put the Celtics ahead for good with 50 seconds left. He scored 6 points during the run.
Gordon Hayward’s cutting layup with 12.1 seconds left made it 94-91, and Tatum’s dunk with 8.8 seconds left put it away at 96-91.
During clutch time, the Celtics outscored the Pacers 13-9. Tatum scored 6 of the Celtics’ 13 on 2 for 5 shooting and 1 for 1 at the line.
Tatum scored 26 points.
For the Pacers, Bojan Bogdanovic had 23 points (8 during a 13-0 run in the first quarter), 8 rebounds and 4 steals.
The Pacers got 4 offensive rebounds, about 6 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Pacers’ starters outscored the Celtics 51-39 in 22 minutes 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 10% (4th quarter, 11:20 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
91 points from the field on 84 shots: 2.2 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 16-30 | 53.3% | 63% |
| In the paint | 8-16 | 50.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 5-10 | 50.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-7 | 28.6% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-21 | 42.9% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Matthews | 32 | 9 | 4-8 | −2 |
| Cory Joseph | 15 | 5 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Myles Turner | 7 | 11 | 4-7 | +9 |
| Thaddeus Young | 6 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 14 | 6-9 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 44 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bojan Bogdanovic | 30 | 10 | 4-5 | +3 |
| Doug McDermott | 12 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Darren Collison | 10 | 3 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Cory Joseph | 4 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 14 | 7-13 | +11 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyreke Evans | 15 | 2 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Bojan Bogdanovic | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Cory Joseph | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Wesley Matthews | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 9 | 3-4 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 52 possessions. He usually scores about 11 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.
BOS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
IND
50/50
BOS
Highest Leverage Moments
Tatum 24' 3PT Jump Shot (23 PTS) (Brown 1 AST)
Q4 0:51
36.6%
27→64
Hayward 1' Cutting Layup Shot (11 PTS) (Tatum 2 AST)
Q4 0:12
24.9%
71→96
Bogdanovic 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (23 PTS)
Q4 2:16
24.8%
59→34
Irving 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (34 PTS) (Rozier 6 AST)
Q4 5:26
23.0%
43→66
Bogdanovic 26' 3PT Jump Shot (20 PTS) (Matthews 5 AST)
Q4 3:00
20.4%
66→46
