Boston Celtics at Indiana Pacers
· National Basketball AssociationPascal Siakam scores 29 points and makes tiebreaking 3 to send Pacers past Celtics 135-132 in OT
Siakam tied his single-game career high with six 3s and grabbed 11 rebounds. Bennedict Mathurin scored 21 of his 30 points in the second half, and Tyrese Haliburton had 17 points and 12 assists.
The victory ended Indiana's three-game losing streak.
Boston charged back from a 19-point fourth-quarter deficit to force overtime and led 132-130 after Derrick White's layup with 39.7 seconds to go. But Indiana scored the final five points to win.
Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 37 points. Jaylen Brown added 25 points and had a chance to tie the score but his 3 in the waning seconds was off the mark. White finished with 23 points in the first matchup between these teams since Boston swept Indiana in last season's Eastern Conference finals.
Pacers: Indiana's high-scoring, fast-paced offense reappeared. The result looked familiar, too. The Pacers finished with a season-high point total — even though they nearly threw away the contest with a rash of late turnovers.
Regular Season Series
IND leads series 1-0
Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
5th 0.0 | End of Game | 132 - 135 | |
5th 0.0 | End of the 1st Overtime | 132 - 135 | |
5th 3.0 | Tyrese Haliburton enters the game for T.J. McConnell | 132 - 135 | |
5th 3.0 | Pacers defensive team rebound | 132 - 135 | |
5th 5.1 | Jaylen Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper | 132 - 135 |
Statistics
BOS | IND | |
---|---|---|
44-109 | FG | 50-104 |
40.4 | Field Goal % | 48.1 |
19-57 | 3PT | 15-38 |
33.3 | Three Point % | 39.5 |
25-31 | FT | 20-24 |
80.6 | Free Throw % | 83.3 |
51 | Rebounds | 57 |
18 | Offensive Rebounds | 16 |
33 | Defensive Rebounds | 41 |
23 | Assists | 33 |
11 | Steals | 10 |
5 | Blocks | 5 |
14 | Turnovers | 18 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
14 | Total Turnovers | 19 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
20 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 18 |
21 | Fast Break Points | 29 |
44 | Points in Paint | 62 |
19 | Fouls | 26 |
2 | Largest Lead | 24 |
Game Information
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 17,274 · Capacity:
2024-25 Atlantic Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boston | 4 | 1 | .800 | - | L1 |
New York | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.5 | W1 |
Brooklyn | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2 | W1 |
Philadelphia | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.5 | L1 |
Toronto | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3 | L3 |
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