140 - 122

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Gainbridge Fieldhouse

Officials: Bill Kennedy, Brandon Adair, and Mousa Dagher

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Boston Celtics	28	47	36	29	140
Indiana Pacers	39	22	30	31	122

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Boston Celtics	140	47-83	56.6%	20-39	51.3%	26-34	76.5%	12	51	26	22	8	12	3
Indiana Pacers	122	44-89	49.4%	18-44	40.9%	16-20	80.0%	11	44	29	28	6	14	3

PLAYER STATS


Boston Celtics	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Jordan Walsh^SF	18:57	3	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	4	-5
Jaylen Brown^PF	32:10	30	13-20	2-3	2-2	1	2	3	4	4	0	4	4	19
Neemias Queta^C	20:43	8	2-4	0-0	4-6	2	5	7	3	1	2	0	1	-3
Derrick White^SG	33:06	21	6-15	3-7	6-7	0	5	5	6	2	1	2	2	16
Payton Pritchard^PG	37:42	29	10-17	3-8	6-8	2	7	9	5	1	0	3	3	8
Hugo González	12:23	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	-13
Anfernee Simons	21:11	8	2-7	2-6	2-3	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	3	7
Sam Hauser	17:03	23	7-8	7-8	2-2	3	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	17
Luka Garza	26:38	15	5-5	1-1	4-6	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	4	26
Baylor Scheierman	20:07	3	1-4	1-4	0-0	2	3	5	1	0	0	0	1	18
Chris Boucher	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Minott	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Xavier Tillman	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Harper Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Shulga	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jayson Tatum	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amari Williams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indiana Pacers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Bennedict Mathurin^SF	29:51	13	5-13	1-5	2-2	1	3	4	4	1	0	1	3	-13
Pascal Siakam^PF	28:24	11	4-13	0-3	3-6	4	2	6	1	2	0	2	3	-10
Jay Huff^C	21:08	9	3-8	1-6	2-2	0	4	4	2	0	2	1	3	-2
Quenton Jackson^SG	15:44	6	2-5	0-1	2-2	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	4	3
Andrew Nembhard^PG	29:32	18	7-13	4-7	0-0	0	4	4	8	2	0	5	2	-17
Ethan Thompson	26:19	11	4-9	3-7	0-0	2	2	4	6	0	0	2	4	-8
Jarace Walker	18:07	12	4-9	4-7	0-0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	-19
Tony Bradley	06:59	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	-6
T.J. McConnell	14:20	13	5-6	1-1	2-2	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	2	-18
Micah Potter	17:49	9	2-2	1-1	4-4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	-7
Johnny Furphy	18:22	9	3-5	2-4	1-2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	-5
Taelon Peter	06:42	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Kam Jones	06:42	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	6
Tyrese Haliburton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Jackson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Nesmith	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Sheppard	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Obi Toppin	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

HS941317

301 | 5 hours ago

Jaylen Brown over his last 15 games:

30 PTS - 4 AST - 4 STL

31 PTS - 9 REB - 2 AST

30 PTS - 9 REB - 7 AST

34 PTS - 8 REB - 7 AST

30 PTS - 3 REB - 3 AST

30 PTS - 8 REB - 5 AST

30 PTS - 8 REB - 8 AST

42 PTS - 4 REB - 67% FG

19 PTS - 12 REB - 11 AST

41 PTS - 6 REB - 7 AST

33 PTS - 10 REB - 5 AST

35 PTS - 4 REB - 8 AST

26 PTS - 8 REB - 4 AST

29 PTS - 4 REB - 4 AST

33 PTS - 13 REB - 3 AST

Imo, he’s been the best player in the east this season. What he’s been doing these last 15 or so games has been insane and I don’t think any Celtics fan saw this coming

AssGobblinSemonDemon | Heat

114 | 5 hours ago

Should be top 5 in mvp talks imo.

MrBhyn | Celtics

62 | 5 hours ago

He is. The problem is the 4th and 5th spot is contested between Cade, Brunson, and Brown.

JoJonesy | Celtics

32 | 5 hours ago

Ant also. Of course a lot depends on how many of Luka, Wemby, and Giannis make the 65-game threshold by the end of the season— if they all manage to hit 65 that probably locks everyone else out of 1st team

MrBhyn | Celtics

9 | 4 hours ago

I don’t think Wemby and Giannis are lock as first team this year even if they hit 65 games. They sure are All nba but there’s definitely still an argument for Cade, Brunson, and Brown to be over them in All NBA team selection.

JoJonesy | Celtics

17 | 4 hours ago

honestly I find it hard to believe they wouldn’t make it if they qualify, even if other guys had an argument. reputation matters a lot here

MrBhyn | Celtics

5 | 4 hours ago

Consider this, Milwaukee is out of the play ins. Wemby isn’t carrying the Spurs as much as Cade and Brown is doing for their teams.

TheGreatForehead | Celtics

4 | an hour ago

He should be top 3 ngl. Only Jokic and SGA are clearly above.

Yes Luka is averaging the most points in the league, but he missed a lot of games and the Lakers are in very poor form at the moment.

BarracudaSolid4814 | Raptors

-1 | 2 hours ago

See Maxey should really be in these as well. 31 4 and 7 on 59% TS is nothing short of fantastic, 5th seed compared to 1st/2nd/3rd really shouldn’t make that much of a difference. Without him sixers might miss the playins

JoJonesy | Celtics

21 | 5 hours ago

Given that Giannis has missed nearly half the season, I think that’s fair, honestly. It’s between him and Brunson

YouMeNot

12 | 4 hours ago

Cade leading a pistons team to the 2nd best record in the entire league not being apart of this conversation is just disrespectful.

JoJonesy | Celtics

14 | 3 hours ago

…no yeah Cade is absolutely in this conversation, that’s my bad lol

I_Set_3_Alarms | Celtics

2 | 3 hours ago

They need to make All NBA First Team 6 players. The best players from the top 3 East and top 3 West would all make it the way they’re playing.

Llamasxy | Celtics

-1 | 2 hours ago

I think every Celtics fan saw this coming after the Tatum injury, it is hardly surprising.

Kyler1313

158 | 5 hours ago

It seems with Tatum off the floor Jordan Walsh may have inherited his ability to get incredibly weak technicals off doing basically nothing…

I mean wtf was that technical?

JesseJamesGames449 | Celtics

40 | 5 hours ago

There were two double techs this game that both should have just been techs on the pacers..

JoJonesy | Celtics

40 | 5 hours ago

someone must wear the mantle. someone must become the Clapper

^(…wait)

YewEhVeeInbound | Celtics

8 | 3 hours ago

You either get clapped, or live long enough to see yourself become the clapper.

deets23_ | Celtics

5 | 2 hours ago

Both share a birthday as well. Checks out

BudgetPractical8748

118 | 5 hours ago

Death, taxes, Celtics a premier nba team

JoJonesy | Celtics

46 | 5 hours ago

we’ve had homecourt in the first round *nine* out of the last ten seasons (including this one, if we hold onto this spot). other teams have been more successful in that time overall, but I don’t think anyone has been more consistent— basically the only constants over that period are the Jays and Brad Stevens

zkool20 | Celtics

11 | 3 hours ago

I fucking love Brad and for Danny to have the balls to not only hire him but to draft both Tatum and brown

King_Of_Pants | BOS

5 | 3 hours ago

Danny Ainge Dunn fucked up the league when he drafted Jaylen Brown.

King_Of_Pants | BOS

8 | 3 hours ago

Brown and Tatum are 1st and 2nd in playoff wins since the years they were drafted.

No one has had as much consistent success as they have in that time.

gamingonion | Rockets

2 | 35 minutes ago

Steelers but good

SiphenPrax | Knicks

14 | 4 hours ago

Boston sports in a nutshell

patscelticslions | Celtics

116 | 5 hours ago

18th 30-point game for Brown this season, second most in the league behind only the reigning MVP. he has not had a game with less than 30 points in the entire month of December. he’s posting career-bests in efficiency and assists, is a top 3 midrange scorer in the league this season, and has the Celtics on pace to win 52 games despite a preseason O/U of 41.5 and losing 5 of our top 8 rotation players from last season

put this man on All-NBA 1st Team

computerjunkie7410 | Celtics

46 | 5 hours ago

If he’s not first team all nba we riot

JesseJamesGames449 | Celtics

25 | 5 hours ago

The media will suck off ANT and give it to him over brown…

IAmDiabeticus | Celtics

11 | 5 hours ago

He’s also getting tons of exposure to a different audience from all the streaming he’s doing. The man is on top of life, currently.

LnGrrrR | Celtics

4 | 3 hours ago

BUT HE ISBT WORTH THE MAX :P

bush_league_commish | Celtics

3 | 3 hours ago

And the remaining rotation guys have had some brutal cold streaks that JB has had to carry them through.

AssGobblinSemonDemon | Heat

106 | 5 hours ago

There is a reason brown won fmvp. People acting like he would struggle as a first option. Clowns wanted to include luka in mvp talks a few weeks ago. Brown should be in those conversations not him.

iskamh

30 | 5 hours ago

Yeah I’m not sure how Luka is still 3rd in MVP without biased voters. JB has been better this year

Western-Election-997 | Lakers

1 | 29 minutes ago

Nope

BackgroundShower4063

8 | 4 hours ago

I was going to make a hairline joke, but Brown is balling out too hard. Dude will earn a First Team selection this way.

SteamingHotChocolate | Celtics

6 | 3 hours ago

only JB can employ smear campaigns

kpapazyan47 | Pacers

101 | 5 hours ago

The 98-99 Bulls would’ve been on track for 21 wins in a full season. The 19-20 Warriors? 18 wins.

Your 2025-2026 Indiana Pacers? 16 wins. Literally on track to be the worst season for a NBA finalist EVER.

JoJonesy | Celtics

45 | 5 hours ago

like i would’ve believed you guys could’ve scraped out at least 35 wins if it was just losing Haliburton and Turner, but the lack of lineup consistency on top of that has really tanked everything. we’ve been pretty healthy outside of JT and it shows

on the other hand, this sounds like a really good draft at the top, so… silver linings

HS941317

38 | 5 hours ago

You either try to be one of the top seeds or be straight ass, no in between. Pacers are doing the right thing this season

Babushka5 | Celtics

21 | 5 hours ago

Ultimate min/maxxing

Either_Imagination_9 | Knicks

5 | 3 hours ago

Celtics and Pacers in a nutshell

MutantNinjaAnole | Pacers

6 | 2 hours ago

Probably just because of the Jim O’Brien years but I still expect them to go on some basically pointless win streak after they are eliminated and get close to 30.

SiphenPrax | Knicks

4 | 4 hours ago

Hali really did hold the franchise together huh?

WolfgangTheRevenge

1 | 11 minutes ago

Im so fucking pissed man, ffs why did hali got injured, idc if the pacers are straight flaccid penis for 10 years if they win vs OKC. Fuck my chungus life

Babushka5 | Celtics

66 | 5 hours ago

Bill Kennedy should ref every single game

SeaworthinessAny4997

21 | 5 hours ago

I’d listen to an audiobook narrated by him lol

dog-momx2

4 | 5 hours ago

Me too!

PikeandShot1648 | Celtics

2 | 4 hours ago

What genre though? Sci-fi? Romance? Noir mystery?

YewEhVeeInbound | Celtics

3 | 3 hours ago

Hell he could narrate nature docs and I’d watch.

andyJ3050

61 | 5 hours ago

brown is underrated.

SeaworthinessAny4997

14 | 5 hours ago

Time for all of us JB triggers to celebrate

fantasnick | Knicks

8 | 4 hours ago

I thought he’d be a 1st option on an okay team but man he’s really outperformed all expectations. It’s not even the fact that he’s taking over and getting the Celtics to a decent record but his recent performances have been as good as any top 5 player recently.

samhit_n | Lakers

57 | 5 hours ago

The Celtics without their star player are just rolling to a top 3 seed in the East.

fredinNH | Celtics

42 | 5 hours ago

We also lost kristaps, holiday, Horford and Kornet.

Western-Election-997 | Lakers

1 | 30 minutes ago

That was a legit superteam

LukeKornetistheGOAT

16 | 4 hours ago

*5 of their 9 rotation players from their championship season

AdmiralUpboat | Celtics

13 | 5 hours ago

1a goes down, JB steps up. Easy peezy.

zkool20 | Celtics

10 | 3 hours ago

Why don’t other teams have another 1st option when their all NBA player is out for most of the year, are they stupid?!

The_Moustache | BOS

5 | 3 hours ago

Because their other star player is playing like an MVP

TheGreatForehead | Celtics

3 | an hour ago

Perks of having the 2 best wings in the NBA lol

JoJonesy | Celtics

44 | 5 hours ago

man I knew the Pacers were bad but I didn’t realize they had the league’s worst record right now. that sucks

Obvious_Parsley3238

10 | 5 hours ago

It’s “good” but they were certainly hoping for their young players to show more.

WolfgangTheRevenge

1 | 10 minutes ago

Tanking waiting for hali, its is what it is

champagnesupernova10 | Celtics

41 | 5 hours ago

Jaylen Brown is my fucking MVP

heat_fan_ | Raptors

32 | 5 hours ago

Brown is an absolute dawg

It’s always somebody new stepping up for Boston

Jay_Cubx7 | Rockets

27 | 5 hours ago

brown having a all time season for a Celtic

sstphnn | Celtics

25 | 5 hours ago

Spurs of the East. Doing what they do against conference champs 😤

Wasnaf1 | Pacers

21 | 5 hours ago

well that was an ass whooping

vitalique

15 | 5 hours ago

As a Celtics fan, feel so bad for Pacers this year.

IcyMission3 | Celtics

5 | 4 hours ago

On the bright side they could be getting AJ next year

WolfgangTheRevenge

1 | 9 minutes ago

Literally so depressing mane, thought that after the run to the finals we would be at least decent play offs team, but we are so ass bro like we are just so dogshit.

ManagerEmergency6339 | Spurs

25 | 5 hours ago

mvp season

DirkNowitzkisWife | Mavericks

21 | 5 hours ago

Jaylen brown: ²⁸⁄₃₀ games played, 29/6/5 and the Celtics are on pace for 52 wins without most of their minutes last year. Absolutely crazy. Jaylen deserves some 1st team all NBA consideration, especially since Wemby and Giannis (and maybe Luka) won’t hit the games.

AdmiralUpboat | Celtics

9 | 4 hours ago

If JB isn’t first team, we take to the streets.

Akipella | Warriors

21 | 5 hours ago

Jaylen Brown is just HIM as a 1st option. It’s the truth.

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

18 | 5 hours ago

Let Jaylen cook

Designer_B | Supersonics

18 | 4 hours ago

Since Garza got put back in the C’s rotation he’s: +22, +13, +26 averaging 11 pts and 7.6 boards. Credit to Mazzulla for getting this out of him. As well credit to Garza for being quite possibly the hardest working dude in the league.

__BURRITOBRAWL | Celtics

9 | 3 hours ago

Never sold my lot on Garza Island

Designer_B | Supersonics

3 | an hour ago

I dream of the day the Garza copypasta is commonplace in /r/nba

ddouce

8 | 2 hours ago

One more and he ties Bird. 57 more and he ties Wilt.

CircledSquare7 | Lakers

5 | 5 hours ago

Giving up 140 pts in regulation is something to behold

fredinNH | Celtics

4 | 4 hours ago

47 in the second quarter

Flint_Lockwood | Pacers

-2 | 5 hours ago

Be honest guys, how obvious are we making the tank? I’d argue earlier in the season was pretty ethical but now it’s becoming blatant

WolfgangTheRevenge

1 | 5 minutes ago

It is what it is man roflmao, just gotta wait for haly and maybe get some picks or whatever

The Boston Celtics (19-11) defeat the Indiana Pacers (6-25), 140-122. Jaylen Brown gets his 8-straight game with at least 30+ points.