On January 31, Beijing time, the Celtics, who have the best record in the league, sat at home to face the Pacers, who ranked sixth in the East, and finally the Celtics defeated the Pacers 129-124, ushering in two consecutive victories and ending the opponent's three-game winning streak. After this game, the Celtics continue to rank first in the league and first in the East with 37 wins and 11 losses.
In this game, the Pacers' star Haliburton and Turner ushered in a comeback, with Siakam, Hield, and Nesmith starting the game, and this is the first time that Haliburton and Siakam have played together since the Pacers traded. The Celtics, on the other hand, lined up their regular starters for the season: Tatum, Brown, Porzingis, White, Holiday .
In the first quarter of the game, the Celtics played a perfect offense, and they sent an 18-9 offensive run in the middle of the quarter to successfully open the score, and the Green Army scored 36 points in the entire first quarter, of whichWhite exploded in the first quarter and went on 6-of-9 shooting to finish with 15 points and three assists, helping the team at the end of the first quarter to lead the Pacers by 36-26 points by 10 points.
In the second quarter of the game, the Pacers played their own good offensive bombardment of 40 points in a single quarter, but the Green Army's offense was even more crazy, they hit 6 three-pointers and scored 45 points in a single quarter to completely control the game, and at halftime, the Celtics scored 8 points except for Holiday and the other four starters all scored double-doubles, leading the Pacers by 15 points at 81-66. The Celtics scored 81 points in the half, setting a new high for a team in a half this season.
In the second half, the Pacers who returned from the break didn't want to be pulled away, and they came upA wave of 16-4 attacks climaxed quickly to catch up with the score,Finally gaining the upper hand, the two sides began to play a stalemate, and Ketta's final buzzer-beating dunk helped the Green Army hold on to a three-point advantage, and the Pacers trailed 103-106 at the end of the third quarter.
In the final quarter, the Green Army briefly stretched to a 10-point lead, but it was quickly eroded, and the Pacers relied on a 6-0 offensive wave in the final moments to narrow down to 3 points to see hope, but the Green Army blocked the opponent twice in the next round to hold the position, and Holiday made two free throws in a tactical foul to establish the victory, and the Pacers had no choice but to lose.
Haliburton and Siakam form a "hip-hop" groupAlthough they failed to lead the team to victory, they showed resilience and proved that the team has the ability to wrestle with the Celtics, after all, there is still an average of 14 per game on the bench3 points 39 rebounds 1Mathurin with 9 assists.
In terms of personal stats: Siakam, the Pacers, had 23 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists on 9-of-16 shooting; Haliburton returned with a poor hand, shooting 5-of-16, including 1-of-5 from three-point range and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, finishing with 13 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists；"Hip Hop Combo" scored 36 points, 9 rebounds and 12 assists. Aaron Nesmith shot 11-of-17, including 4-of-7 from three-point range, and finished with a triple-double of 26 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists; Hield 12 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals; Turner 17 points and 5 rebounds; The starting 5 combined for 91 points, 32 rebounds, 24 assists and 4 steals.
Substitute Nembhard 15 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists; Obi Toppin 11 points and 8 rebounds; Jalen Smith had seven points and four rebounds.
CelticTatumHe was 12-of-19, including 4-of-9 three-pointers and 2-of-3 free throws, and finished with 30 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 blocks, bringing Tatum's career three-point tally to 1,201 with four three-pointers in this gameSurpassed 1,200 goals, second only to Paul Pierce (1823) in team history。Plus, it's Tatum this seasonThe 18th time to score 30+ points in a single game,He is tied for sixth place in the league with Knicks guard Jalen Brunson.
White went 8-of-16, including 4-of-7 three-pointers and 4-of-4 free throws, for 24 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, with 4 three-pointers on his gameWhite made 601 three-pointers in the regular seasonAmong them, he has hit 300 three-pointers with the Spurs and 301 with the Celtics.
Brown finished with 25 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals on 9-of-15 shooting, including 0-of-3 three-pointers and 7-of-8 free throws. Holiday 17 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists; Porzingis 17 points and 12 rebounds; The starting 5 combined for 113 points, 32 rebounds, 20 assists and 5 steals.
Hauser who came off the bench had 9 points and 2 rebounds; Pritchard 3 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists