#Indiana Pacers at Boston Celtics
TD Garden- Boston, MA
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401468624)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|IND |42|29|29|17|117|
|BOS |22|21|42|27|112|
###Player Stats
**Indiana Pacers**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|B. Hield|29:53|8|3-7|2-3|0-0|1|4|5|5|1|1|1|1|2
|A. Nesmith|27:56|15|6-13|1-5|2-2|1|5|6|3|2|0|1|5|16
|M. Turner|26:35|10|4-8|1-2|1-1|0|6|6|3|1|0|2|4|2
|A. Nembhard|34:24|8|4-9|0-1|0-0|2|3|5|5|1|1|2|4|4
|T. Haliburton|34:02|33|12-24|6-13|3-4|1|2|3|8|1|0|2|0|1
|B. Mathurin|23:41|7|3-9|1-4|0-0|1|3|4|0|1|0|1|2|1
|C. Duarte|14:56|14|5-10|4-5|0-0|0|3|3|1|0|0|1|0|-5
|J. Smith|21:15|8|3-6|2-4|0-0|3|6|9|1|0|1|2|3|3
|T. McConnell|10:16|6|3-7|0-0|0-0|1|0|1|1|2|0|0|2|-1
|O. Brissett|16:59|8|3-5|1-2|1-2|2|3|5|0|1|0|2|1|2
**Boston Celtics**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|J. Brown|36:13|19|8-23|1-5|2-2|4|6|10|2|1|0|4|1|-6
|J. Tatum|41:03|41|13-25|4-11|11-13|1|4|5|4|2|1|2|0|4
|A. Horford|28:17|6|2-6|2-5|0-0|2|4|6|4|1|1|1|2|-7
|D. White|26:25|2|0-7|0-3|2-2|1|5|6|3|1|1|3|3|-4
|P. Pritchard|17:23|3|1-4|1-3|0-0|1|1|2|4|0|0|0|1|1
|S. Hauser|17:43|10|4-8|2-4|0-0|3|3|6|0|2|1|1|0|-20
|G. Williams|15:54|7|3-8|1-3|0-0|3|3|6|0|1|0|1|1|-4
|M. Brogdon|29:42|18|5-13|2-7|6-8|0|4|4|7|2|0|2|0|5
|R. Williams III|22:17|6|3-5|0-0|0-0|7|5|12|2|1|1|2|1|4
|L. Kornet|5:01|0|0-2|0-0|0-0|3|2|5|0|0|0|0|0|2
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|IND|46-98|18-39|7-9|27|22|10|14|3|12|35|48|
|BOS|39-101|13-41|21-25|26|9|11|16|5|25|37|72|
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Don’t go down by fucking 30 next time. Idgaf that we almost came back this isn’t title hoops outside JT/Rob today. Figure it out. Also fuck the refs for that last call.
Worst first half of the season, sucks that we couldn’t make the Bucks loss count.. almost pulled off a miracle but that Haliburton 3 felt like a momentum killer..
The Celtics really only have themselves to blame for this one(again). If they had bothered showing up in the 1st half at all this is probably a win, but instead it’s now their 5th loss in 6 games. This team’s lack of a full 48 minute effort the last few weeks is getting tiring.
We fucking suck right now. I KNOW we’re not THIS bad. But the fact that we CAN be this bad is concerning.
honestly im just happy they strung together 2 good quarters
Fucking disappointing
Thank you Marc Davis and Jaylen Brown
Most embarrassing first half we have had in a very long time.
The ball movement and energy came back in the second half.
Tatum was electric.
Rob Williams is our second best player.
Jaylen Brown is a fucking black hole and it’s really starting to be concerning IMO.
Did I miss anything?
Can’t review it. Fucking NBA.
That’s a 4 point play.
CAN WE PUT DERRICK WHITE’S 3 POINT SHOT ON A MILK CARTON
WHAT HAPPENEDUHHHH
Win the 2nd half 69-46 and lose the game
Fuuuuuuck
Wait til we lose to the Timberwolves baby!
Derrick White where have you gone bro. 2 points on 0-7 shooting and 4 turnovers in 26 min is beyond atrocious
SOME BULLSHIT.
BUT AT LEAST WE WERE PLAYING BETTER D BY THE END
Hey look, more garbage NBA officiating product. We’ve seen far longer continuations than that.
We’ve basically lost 6 straight (when you consider the Lakers game which we had absolutely zero business winning)
25 offensive rebounds and still a loss
This team needs to fucking sit down and take a good hard look inside themselves. You can’t make these stupid mental mistakes game after game and expect to compete.
“At least we showed heart” I thought we were done with these “moral victories” man
God I fucking hope this was the wakeup call we needed.
Should’ve never gotten into that situation. But goddamn coming back from 30 down to get to a situation where we could’ve won is insane.
A flip legit switched in Tatum and you could see it.
Here’s to hoping Christmas day is much better.
Also, Rob needs to be starting.
Fake Comeback Season is back on the menu boys!
team currently looks like they’d be a first round exit if the playoffs started tomorrow
The comeback and the ability to show heart after getting booed at home means way more to me personally for this team than the dog shit first half does. Shows me they got heart and are willing to dig deep.
The first half felt like the Celtics thought they were way more talented and just assumed Indiana would start missing shots on their own but they never did.
JB 8-23 and White 0-7 isn’t great
jaylen played horrible today
Brown can be so frustrating sometimes. Just makes so many boneheaded plays. Not what you want from your #2.
Can’t wait to read all the posts from the blind that say it was a moral victory to battle back from 30 to only lose by 5 😑😑😑😑
Turns out going down 20 in the first quarter isn’t a recipe for success. Thanks for wasting everyone’s time with a classic celtics comeback
Rob needs to be starting again and the effort on the glass was embarrassing tn
#FUCK THE REFS
Jaylen blowing a wide open layup and then falling asleep on defense to give turner an open layup and-1 made me punch a wall
I think the biggest issue is that white is clearly shook and has regressed to how he was playing last year. Not sure why Joe benched him, probably didnt help
SMASH that panic button. A team doesn’t just stop “trying” for 2 straight weeks. These issues are real and will haunt us in the playoffs. Hurts to say because I love DWhite but players that are so streaky cannot be relied upon in you want to win a chip. May be time to trade him for a consistent scoring threat.
I’m Salty that the ref actively hurt Tatum’s shooting percentage on that last shot and our chance to win. This ref should be fired
Refs waiving off that and 1 3 is so fucked up
4 point play and the missed flagrant would’ve been enough – Marc Davis special. Not the reason we lost though.
Tatum just got Luka’d. Man carried this sorry ass team at the moment but fell just short.
These last 6 have been annoying, but ultimately haven’t changed how good I think this team is. I guess it comes back to believing Jayson Tatum is just fucking awesome at basketball.
Do any of you find your confidence wavering?
Saw white hesitate on a open three knew it was a wrap for him after that
fringe #1-2 Young guys who have outplayed Jaylen Brown this year:
Mobley, Mitchell, Banchero, Wagner(s), Haliburton, Desmond Bane, The farce continues. Should’ve traded his ass for KD and sent White packing with him