@@Boston Celtics

Post Game Thread: The Indiana Pacers defeat The Boston Celtics 122-112

  • December 5, 2023


#Boston Celtics at Indiana Pacers

Gainbridge Fieldhouse- Indianapolis, IN

[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401607491)

[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/bostonceltics/comments/18axo5v/game_thread_boston_celtics_154_at_indiana_pacers/kc0u98l/)

***

|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|

||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|BOS |24|31|23|34|112|
|IND |22|26|37|37|122|

###Player Stats

**Boston Celtics**

|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|J. Tatum|37:22|32|13-26|2-8|4-7|1|11|12|6|1|0|2|2|-14
|J. Brown|31:28|30|14-23|2-7|0-1|2|7|9|0|1|2|3|6|-10
|A. Horford|31:21|2|1-3|0-1|0-0|2|5|7|4|0|1|2|1|-2
|D. White|35:58|18|7-16|2-9|2-2|0|4|4|8|1|1|5|4|-4
|J. Holiday|38:02|9|3-9|1-5|2-2|1|5|6|3|1|1|1|1|-15
|S. Hauser|22:39|15|5-9|5-7|0-0|2|4|6|1|0|0|0|2|9
|D. Banton|11:11|0|0-1|0-0|0-0|1|3|4|1|0|0|3|1|-2
|P. Pritchard|15:19|0|0-5|0-4|0-0|0|4|4|2|0|0|0|0|-4
|L. Kornet|16:39|6|3-5|0-0|0-0|4|0|4|2|1|4|1|2|-8

**Indiana Pacers**

|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|B. Hield|31:58|21|7-11|4-6|3-4|2|0|2|2|2|0|1|2|29
|O. Toppin|25:40|12|4-8|2-4|2-2|0|2|2|1|0|2|0|1|-2
|M. Turner|34:22|17|7-16|2-6|1-1|1|9|10|1|1|1|0|1|22
|B. Brown|35:48|13|3-10|1-3|6-7|0|8|8|4|3|0|3|4|2
|T. Haliburton|40:06|26|10-18|5-11|1-1|3|7|10|13|1|0|0|2|15
|B. Mathurin|27:05|16|5-14|4-7|2-2|1|4|5|2|0|0|1|1|-6
|T. McConnell|9:10|2|1-5|0-0|0-0|0|2|2|3|1|0|0|0|-5
|A. Nesmith|30:55|14|6-10|1-3|1-2|0|1|1|1|0|1|1|3|2
|A. Nembhard|4:54|1|0-2|0-0|1-2|0|1|1|1|0|0|0|1|-7
###Team Stats

|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|BOS|46-97|12-41|8-12|27|19|5|17|9|13|43|66|
|IND|43-94|19-40|17-21|28|15|8|6|4|7|34|44|

***

Note: This data is only as accurate as NBA.com

[Please message u/nba_gdt_bot if you have any suggestions or notice any bugs with the bot](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=nba_gdt_bot&subject=NBA_Bot)

37 comments

  2. I was more hyped to see the Celtics get in to the tourney, than I am bummed about them being knocked out. Anyone else feel the same way?

    To be honest I’m just happy we’re getting Porzingis back 🙂 and glad to see Kornet started to play better when a larger role was required of him.

  3. I know it’s just a stupid in season tournament but my god does this team always look the same in big games

  7. Not much you can do when they shoot almost 20% better than 3. It is frustrating how few turnovers we’ve forced under Mazzulla though, with this amount of defensive talent we shouldn’t be one of the worst teams at it in the league.

    Fuck ending games like we did. Just embarrassing to watch us foul our way to an even bigger loss.

  8. Fun game, but this is why playoffs are best of seven. We were frigid from three and they were scorching.

  10. The over-reliance on the three and turnovers is what killed us. We had a good game plan of just driving to the bucket and they couldn’t stop us. And we just went away from it in the third quarter, for some fucking reason.

    Not to mention the abysmal defense to end the game as well. Couldn’t make a damn stop when it mattered.

  13. No need to overreact on this one, Pacers hit some tough shots and played with more energy. Still just a regular season game, tournament is kinda fun tho ngl

  15. Single game elimination makes me so thankful I’m not a fan of a CBB team. March Madness would give me too much anxiety.

  18. Same old Celtics. Nothing has changed. When it matters most, they crumble. And lose for all the same reasons. Turnovers, bricks, bad offense, sloppy defense. Every fucking time.

  19. The biggest joke of the night is Tatum forcing the three after Haliburton hit his 4point play. I’m so tired of him swinging for homers when things get tight. Whatever takes the least amount of work to get points is what he constantly settles with in the clutch. Step back three after step back three. The whole league knows it.

  21. Story of this game was the 3pt percentages. Clowns out here saying this team isn’t tough or that the Jays don’t have what it takes need a reality check

  22. Still wanted this trophy, sick of being “the best team in the nba” with nothing to show for it

  25. Yea I’m out on this tournament lmao /s.
    Credit to Indiana for coming to play. Insane shot making by them all night and they stepped up there D as well. This is what we you get in single a single elimination tournament. We all know what our goal is this year.

  26. 17 turnovers from this seasoned veteran team.

    6 from the young upstart Pacers, in case you were wondering.

  27. Pacers had that switch. We really lack that.

    Something we need to work on.

    Good game from Pacers.

  28. Sadly the right team won this game. Celtics came out with no energy after halftime thinking they can sleepwalk to a win. I’m hoping they learn something from this loss.

  29. Team has the best record in the east and people act like we mid or something. It was a bad loss. There’s probably gonna be like 15 more losses this year. It would have been nice to win the IST but this team has bigger goals in mind.

  30. let’s be honest, the championship relies on porzingis being healthy. he’s there, they win it… he isn’t, gonna be the usual tatum/brown fail.

  31. If we’re not fully healthy come playoff time we are fucked. This was the evidence of that

  32. Lucky to not lose by more. 17 to 6 turnovers and 29% to 47% three point shooting. Embarrassing.

  33. I’ve been telling ppl haliburton is a legit MVP level player. 26/10/13 and 0 TO’s. He looked like the best player out there. Tatum needed to get more action in the 3rd .

    KP is def missed but we had no excuses to lose. Tatum and Brown should’ve brought us home. We usually win 95% of games Tatum and brown score 30 each. Very rare loss

  34. Good game, got beat by a team that wanted it more, and hit big shots. That’s basketball.

  37. After watching Jrue get cooked by Hali all night long in the midst of a very disappointing offensive season, it really makes you wonder if we really needed him over bench depth

Leave a Reply