Final 5:45 MUST-SEE ENDING #1 Celtics vs #6 Pacers | Game 3 | May 25, 2025
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The Boston Celtics defeated the Indiana Pacers, 114-111 after closing the game on a 13-2 run in the final two and a half minutes, to take a 3-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 36 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists while Jaylen Brown added 24 points and 3 assists. Al Horford added 23 points and 5 rebounds while going 7-12 from distance, setting a new Playoff career-high in the process.
Andrew Nembhard led Indiana with a Playoff career-high 32 points, along with 9 assists and 4 rebounds while T.J. McConnell (23 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists), Pascal Siakam (22 points, 6 assists), and Myles Turner (22 points, 10 rebounds) totaled 67 points for Indiana.
Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals will take place on Monday, May 27 (8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN2).
Game/Series Notes
• With tonight’s performance, Jayson Tatum has now surpassed 2,500+ PTS, 500+ AST, and 250+ 3PM in his Playoff career. Tatum is the second-fastest player to reach those totals in terms of games played in NBA history. Only Stephen Curry reached those marks in less games:
o Stephen Curry (97 games)
o Jayson Tatum (107 games)
o James Harden (112 games)
o Kevin Durant (127 games)
• Indiana’s Pascal Siakam has now scored 20 or more points in six consecutive Playoff games; he joins Reggie Miller (3x) and Paul George (2x) as the only players in franchise history to have such a streak.
• The Pacers had four players with 20 or more points in tonight’s game (Nembhard, McConnell, Siakam, and Turner) v the Celtics, marking just the second time in their franchise history they did this in the Playoffs. The other instance came on May 5, 1991, in Game 5 of the First Round, also against the Boston Celtics, which they lost 124-121.
o Reggie Miller, Chuck Person, Detlef Schrempf, and Micheal Williams were the four Pacers to score 20+.
24 Comments
Tough loss for the Pacers😮. That was clearly a foul by Jrue Holiday on Nembhard. Oh, well. That's the way it goes😒.
This looks like the title in Milwaukee.
may 25 2025 is wild
Pacers coach shouldve called timeout. Smh😅 stupid coach.
It’s so joever, Celtics are gonna win the finals too
Jrue Holiday is underrated, remember he helped the Milwaukee Bucks for their championship against the Brooklyn Nets because of his defense against Kevin Durant.
Big respect to Horford. People like to rave about Lebrons longevity all day but Horford is almost 38, a starter in the ECF and just hit 7 threes while playing elite defense. What a backup to have for KP.
And I mean their defense in general is just nuts. White and Holiday are imo the 2 best guard defenders in the league, Horford is great and Brown + Tatum aren’t bad defenders either. It’s crazy
I hate that I was proved right.When I was saying to Bucks fans, that Holiday and coach Bud, should have stayed to the their team, they called me "Casual" and other names. I'm really sorry,that I was proved right.
Boston is full of experience when it comes to game like this.
So, peacers is underdog…and they are lack of experience…but they' have the best team play.
WHY DO YOU NEED TO DISOPLAY THE SCORE IN VIDEO PREVIEW IMAGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
without Hali and yet Celtics almost lost.. kayrie will knock them out.
Fuck the Celtics Luka deserves it this year
All Diffensive firstやろ
bro its 2024,not 2025 .d
HOW DO U CHOKE THIS???
Damm pacers were up 8 pts with two and a half minutes left and lost by 3 pts..
I hate their thumbnails
Honestly the eastern conference final games look very amateur compared to the western conference final games as a whole
Holiday 2 strong 💪
I guess it's true when they say no lead is safe.
Jaylen brown vs Kyrie on final
That JB dunk!
As a referee in my game jrue holiday got six fouls in six minutes
Pacers, the biggest chokers of this year Nba playoffs 4 sure, comeback🤔?