Boston Celtics @ Indiana Pacers

28-7, 11-7 Away

118

28-7, 11-7 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Celtics BOS	29	29	26	34	118
Pacers IND	17	32	32	20	101

Indiana PacersPacersIND

20-15, 11-8 Home

101

20-15, 11-8 Home

Boston Celtics

starters
Jayson TatumJ. Tatum#0
Kristaps PorzingisK. Porzingis#8
Jrue HolidayJ. Holiday#4
Derrick WhiteD. White#9
Jaylen BrownJ. Brown#7
bench
Sam HauserS. Hauser#30
Oshae BrissettO. Brissett#12
Al HorfordA. Horford#42
Luke KornetL. Kornet#40
Svi MykhailiukS. Mykhailiuk#50
Payton PritchardP. Pritchard#11
Dalano BantonD. Banton#45
Lamar StevensL. Stevens#77
Neemias QuetaN. Queta#88
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
38	38	14-23	8-13	2-4	13	6	4	1	0	1	12	4	+19
6	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	+4
37	8	3-9	1-5	1-2	6	5	2	1	0	1	5	2	+6
24	7	3-6	1-2	0-0	5	2	4	0	1	0	5	5	+20
36	31	13-20	1-4	4-8	4	1	3	0	1	1	3	0	+7
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
16	5	2-6	1-5	0-0	4	1	1	0	0	0	4	4	+2
20	8	3-9	1-3	1-1	8	0	0	0	1	5	3	3	+4
30	10	4-8	2-5	0-2	7	8	2	1	2	1	6	1	+10
16	4	1-2	0-0	2-2	4	3	1	1	0	3	1	1	+3
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	5	2-5	1-3	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	+10
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	118	46-90	16-41	10-19	56	26	17	6	6	13	43	20
		51%	39%	53%

Indiana Pacers

starters
Jalen SmithJ. Smith#25
Myles TurnerM. Turner#33
Buddy HieldB. Hield#7
Aaron NesmithA. Nesmith#23
Tyrese HaliburtonT. Haliburton#0
bench
Obi ToppinO. Toppin#1
Isaiah JacksonI. Jackson#22
Jarace WalkerJ. Walker#5
Jordan NworaJ. Nwora#13
Oscar TshiebweO. Tshiebwe#44
T.J. McConnellT.J. McConnell#9
Ben SheppardB. Sheppard#26
Kendall BrownK. Brown#10
Bennedict MathurinB. Mathurin#00
James JohnsonJ. Johnson#16
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
26	7	2-6	1-4	2-2	7	2	0	0	0	1	6	2	-7
30	12	5-11	0-5	2-4	7	2	0	0	0	3	4	3	-11
31	15	6-16	3-10	0-0	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	-5
32	8	3-13	0-7	2-2	4	0	0	3	1	1	3	2	-5
35	17	5-17	2-9	5-5	6	7	4	5	0	1	5	1	-14
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
23	10	4-8	2-4	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	-8
9	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	-8
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	6	3-3	0-0	0-0	1	5	3	2	0	0	1	0	-3
3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-3
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	20	7-14	0-3	6-9	4	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	-21
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	101	38-92	8-42	17-22	38	23	9	12	2	10	28	18
		41%	19%	77%

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

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 2-1

Pacers
104
Celtics
155

Game 1

1/11

Celtics
112
Pacers
122

Game 2

5/12

Celtics
118
Pacers
101

Game 3

7/1

Celtics
131
Pacers
133

Game 4

9/1

Pacers
124
Celtics
129

Game 5

31/1

Gainbridge Fieldhouse

12:00 AM, 7 January 2024

Indianapolis, IN

Attendance: 17,274

Referees:
Marc Davis
Phenizee Ransom
Jenna Schroeder

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	21	9	.700	-	W1
Boston	18	11	.621	2.5	W3
Toronto	18	13	.581	3.5	W1
Philadelphia	16	12	.571	4	L1
Brooklyn	9	19	.321	11	W2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Detroit	24	6	.800	-	W3
Cleveland	17	15	.531	8	L1
Chicago	14	15	.483	9.5	W4
Milwaukee	12	18	.400	12	W1
Indiana	6	24	.200	18	L6

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Boston Celtics @ Indiana Pacers

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 2-1

Game Information

2025-26 Atlantic Standings

2025-26 Central Standings

NBA News

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