The Boston Celtics traveled to Indiana Monday evening to face the Pacers. The C’s got here into the sport with accidents to Josh Minott and Jaylen Brown and dropped a tricky sport 98-96. Boston struggled to the shoot the ball all through the sport going simply 25 % from downtown and 45 % from the sector total. Payton Pritchard led the staff with 23 factors, and Anfernee Simons had 16 factors.
Baylor Scheierman began alongside Sam Hauser, Neemias Queta, Derrick White, and Payton Pritchard. Cedric Maxwell joined the TV sales space for the primary time of the season alongside Drew, with Scalabrine including feedback on the Peacock stream.
The Pacers acquired off to an early lead within the first quarter with Pascal Siakam hitting his first two pictures of the sport as they acquired off to an early 6-2 lead. Boston steadied, with Sam Hauser hitting his first two three-pointers. Baylor Scheierman had some constructive early contributions, helping on two early buckets for the Celtics within the white Metropolis Version uniforms.
Luka Garza, Jordan Walsh, and Anfernee Simons have been the primary 3 gamers off the bench for Boston, and Garza hit on his first shot on the low block with a nifty hook. Boston had an 18-17 lead with 4 minutes to go within the first quarter. White returned to motion for Boston after a scoreless opening couple of minutes and scored a excessive floater off glass with Furphy draped throughout him.
White was wanting aggressive as he drove on Aaron Nesmith and acquired the whistle, changing a pair of free throws to take a 24-17 lead. Potter had a putback layup to finish the quarter for Indy; the street Celtics would take a 5-point lead on the quarter, 24-19.
Neemias Queta minimize by the important thing and hit his eighth level of the sport; Derrick White hit on a pull-up 2-pointer after which drained a triple as he continued to affect issues for Boston. White assisted Anfernee Simons for a pull-up jumper. Derrick White chased down an extended missed shot try and sprayed it to the nook; Anfernee Simons drilled the nook three for his seventh level of the sport.
Indy was pushing on each play, the bench Pacers chopping Boston’s result in simply 4 factors, 36-32. Jay Huff stepped again and shot a deep three-pointer over Queta, placing the Pacers in the course of an 8-0 run. Anfernee Simons stopped the bleeding for Boston with a layup and his personal step-back three over Nembhard. Jay Huff’s second three of the evening acquired the Pacers even at 41 apiece.
The third-placed Celtics discovered themselves in a contest as Jay Huff skied for a number of reverse dunks, the Pacers on a heater within the second quarter going 27-19 with a full 5 minutes to go. Pritchard lastly hit his first triple of the sport, Boston struggling to maintain tempo with the Pacers hitting an ideal 7-7 from downtown within the quarter. Derrick White’s 14-foot pull-up jumper gave Boston the lead again, 52-51.
Pritchard had Potter on skates as he danced and hit a step-back floater over the Pacer massive man. Pritchard then broke freed from Sheppard for an uncontested layup off a slick Derrick White help. Boston regained the lead late, 56-53, in an entertaining sport, after a pleasant Indiana quarter.
Each groups went scoreless within the first one and a half minutes of the second half, and Jay Huff drilled a triple to interrupt the impasse. Boston went 0-6 to start out the third quarter as Indy raced out to a 5-point lead, forcing Joe Mazzulla to name a timeout after 4 minutes of play within the quarter. Pritchard drove baseline and flicked it to Queta, who lastly slammed house Boston’s first factors of the quarter after 5 minutes of play.
Siakam stole the ball from González as he and Ben Sheppard ran the break, and with Siakam scoring his thirteenth level and the Pacers taking a 10-point lead, 68-58. Boston was dropping the physicality matchup all quarter; if the depth stays at this stage, it is going to be a 3rd defeat in every week for the C’s.
Anfernee Simons drove the ball and hit simply the staff’s eighth level of the quarter with three minutes remaining within the third. Simons was strong for Boston, main the staff with 16 factors. Garza had an enormous offensive rebound, saving it on the baseline, and swung the ball to Pritchard, who hit a 27-foot three-pointer.
Payton Pritchard acquired into the lane on three straight performs, scoring 6 fast factors for the C’s. Walsh had a giant steal and cruised by the important thing for the robust layup as Boston raced again into the competition. A Garza push shot in the important thing minimize it to 2 factors on the finish of three quarters, 77-79.
Indy hit the primary 4 factors of the fourth quarter earlier than Queta dropped the hammer over Jackson with a one-handed tomahawk. McConnell and Jackson saved the Pacers ticking alongside within the fourth quarter as Boston tried to maintain tempo.
Queta battled three Pacers in the important thing, hitting on a hook shot, his fourteenth level of the evening. Walsh went beast mode off the glass over the prolonged Jay Huff, bringing Boston again to inside 4 factors, 85-89. White lastly acquired occurring a three-pointer; he was capturing simply 6-18 for the evening, and Boston was within the midst of a 9-0 run. Queta hit 1 of two from the stripe, denying the Indy followers of fried hen as they minimize the result in three factors with 3 minutes to go.
Pritchard’s wide-open three-pointer was well timed, because the street staff was capturing a poor 26 % from past the arc. White missed a floating shot in the important thing, with Boston down by 2 factors and a minute to play. Indy blew an open three as Joe Mazzulla drew up a late sport play heading into the huddle. White tied the sport off the inbounds play, giving the C’s a two-for-one alternative to win the sport.
Siakam banked house a tricky shot to present the Pacers a two-point lead, Boston had 6 seconds left on the clock to get the dub. Sadly White missed a 3 a the buzzer handy Indiana the win.
Boston subsequent face the Miami Warmth on the street on Thursday fifteenth of January.
