Celtics 142-138 Pacers (24 Feb, 2023) Box Score

Boston Celtics

43-17, 19-10 away

142

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
BOS	34	34	32	25	17	142
IND	31	27	39	28	13	138

Indiana Pacers

26-35, 18-15 home

138

Boston Celtics

starters
J. Tatum SF
A. Horford C
R. Williams III C
M. Smart PG
J. Brown SG
bench
G. Williams PF
S. Hauser SF
L. Kornet C
M. Brogdon PG
D. White PG
B. Griffin PF
M. Muscala C
P. Pritchard PG
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
42	9-25	3-12	10-11	3	9	12	7	2	1	4	1	-8	31
34	3-4	1-2	0-0	4	3	7	6	0	1	0	3	-3	7
26	4-6	0-0	0-0	3	1	4	1	0	1	0	2	+5	8
35	5-11	1-5	4-5	2	3	5	3	2	0	5	2	-3	15
43	11-24	3-5	5-7	5	6	11	3	1	0	3	5	+10	30
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
6	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	-5	2
13	3-3	2-2	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	+14	8
5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0
37	9-12	5-6	1-1	0	5	5	7	2	0	1	2	+6	24
25	6-12	3-6	2-2	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	1	+8	17
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	51-99	18-39	22-26	20	31	51	31	7	6	15	18		142
	51.5%	46.2%	84.6%

Indiana Pacers

starters
A. Nesmith SF
M. Turner C
A. Nembhard PG
T. Haliburton PG
B. Hield SG
bench
J. Nwora SF
D. Theis C
T.J. McConnell PG
C. Duarte SG
B. Mathurin SG
J. Johnson PF
J. Smith PF
O. Brissett SF
I. Jackson SF
G. Hill PG
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
34	3-7	0-3	3-3	1	2	3	2	2	0	2	4	0	9
37	13-15	8-10	6-7	3	7	10	2	0	1	5	5	+9	40
23	2-7	1-5	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	+7	5
39	7-14	3-8	5-5	0	1	1	14	3	2	1	3	+9	22
37	7-14	4-10	0-1	0	5	5	2	1	0	1	3	-1	18
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
19	2-7	2-4	0-0	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	-8	6
16	3-7	1-3	1-2	3	2	5	3	1	2	1	1	-13	8
14	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	-13	4
16	3-6	1-2	0-0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	-3	7
30	7-14	2-4	3-4	3	4	7	4	2	0	1	6	-7	19
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	49-94	22-49	18-22	10	27	37	33	10	5	14	23		138
	52.1%	44.9%	81.8%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Pacers
117
Celtics
112

Game 1

22/12

Celtics
142
Pacers
138

Game 2

24/2

Pacers
95
Celtics
120

Game 3

24/3

Gainbridge Fieldhouse

12:00 AM, 24 February 2023

Indianapolis, IN

Attendance: 16,125

Referees:
Ed Malloy
Scott Twardoski
John Butler

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	64	18	.780	-	W2
New York	50	32	.610	14	W5
Philadelphia	47	35	.573	17	W8
Brooklyn	32	50	.390	32	L2
Toronto	25	57	.305	39	L4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	49	33	.598	-	L2
Cleveland	48	34	.585	1	L1
Indiana	47	35	.573	2	W1
Chicago	39	43	.476	10	L1
Detroit	14	68	.171	35	L1

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Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

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