On December 5, Beijing time, the NBA Midseason Championship 1 4 finals officially began, and the Pacers played the Celtics at home. Haliburton played ill in this game, and the Pacers, who averaged the league's leading points per game, did not feel good, but fortunately, the Celtics did not take advantage of the opportunity and led by 7 points at halftime;In the second half, the Pacers regained their touch and quickly overtook the score, once establishing an 11-point lead, and the Celtics successfully caught up with the score in the final quarter, and Haliburton played 3+1 at the critical moment to lead the team to kill the game. In the end, the Pacers upset the Celtics 122-112 and advanced to the Final Four.
Porzingis was absent for this game, and Haliburton of the Pacers played ill. The Pacers were not in a very good state, failing to show the league's No. 1 offensive firepower, but fortunately, the Green Army was not in good shape this time, and both teams were in a sluggish offensive state in the first quarter of the game, and the Green Army led 24-22. In the second quarter, the Green Army began to enter the state, scoring points one after another on the inside and outside shots, and began to take the initiative on the court, while the Pacers relied on three-pointers to bite the score to avoid the point difference being pulled apart, and the Pacers fell behind 48-55 after halftime.
In the second half, the Pacers began to exert their strength, Haliburton found his touch and hit three points in a row, Tatum could respond with three points, Turner also scored three points, and Bruce Brown played 2+1 to tie the score at 71. After that, the Pacers' offense was completely opened, and the inside and outside shots scored consecutive points, Hield hit a three-point shot, and the counterattack also scored, and the score came to 85-74, directly blasting out a wave of 17-3 offensive, from a trail to an 11-point lead. Holiday made a free throw to stop the bleeding and trailed the Pacers 78-85 after the third quarter.
Hauser hit a three-pointer in the final quarter, White hit both free throws, and the Green Army caught up with the score. But Mathurin hit a three-pointer, Turner scored an inside single, and the Pacers took the initiative again. Tatum stepped up to score consecutive points, White scored a strong inside shot, Brown scored three points to equalize, and then the two teams fell into a tug-of-war, Tatum made one of two free throws to overtake the score, Haliburton also scored three points, and then the two teams tied many times. Haliburton played 3+1, and Hield scored three points to kill the game directly. In the end, the Pacers overthrew the Celtics, who were the No. 1 in the East, 122-112 and advanced to the Final 4.
The core of the two teams played well in this game, and Haliburton played with illness and scored a triple-double of 26 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists, which was his first triple-double of the new season. Led by him, the Pacers had seven double-doubles, with Turner scoring 17 points, Hield 21 points, Toppin 12 points, Brown 13 points and 8 rebounds, Mathurin 16 points, and Nesmith 14 points.
The Celtics failed to withstand it, Tatum had 32 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists, and failed to take over the game at a critical momentBrown had 30 points and nine rebounds, White had 18 and Hauser had 15.
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