On January 31, Beijing time, the NBA regular season ushered in a key battle, and the Celtics, who had the best record in the league, faced the Pacers, who were the first in the offensive league, at home. The Celtics had a 36-11 record, but at home 21-2, and only the defending champion Nuggets, as well as the unstoppable Clippers, could submit the Celtics. But from another point of view, even if the Celtics have added Holiday and Porzingis this season, and the strength on paper has improved significantly, it is still not possible to play high-end games, the most straightforward data: this season, the Celtics have only 5 wins and 6 losses against the top seven teams in the league, especially against the top four teams in the West, 2 wins and 4 losses. After Brown renewed his 300 million super maximum salary contract, he was inexplicably confident that even Leonard dared to play alone; Tatum has always lacked the ability to solve hard, except for shooting three-pointers to create damage.
Of course, the Celtics still have no opponents in the regular season as a whole. The Pacers started the game with a 27-20 record and finished sixth in the East, averaging 124 points per game8 points + shooting percentage of 507% + Offensive Efficiency 1212+ averaged 31 assists per game1 time, ranked first in the league! Haliburton's rapid rise ushered in a qualitative change, and Sika quickly integrated after coming to the Pacers, averaging 21 points per game and 77 rebounds and 57 assists and a career-high shooting percentage of 57%. However, Haliburton has suffered a hamstring injury this season and has missed a number of games. Since last summer he signed with the Pacers for a whopping 5 years 2With a super cap salary of $600 million, there are still 4 games left to be available if you have missed 13 games, and once you play less than 65 games, you will lose your personal honors such as Best Team and MVP!
The direct loss is the contract amount, about $40 million. Since Haliburton was elected as the starting All-Star in the East, he also thanked Chinese fans on his personal social platform: Thank you very much to my Chinese fans and friends, you are my family on the other side of the ocean! Back to this game, the Pacers start: Haliburton + Hield + Nesmith + Sika + Turner; Celtics starters: Holiday + White + Jaylen Brown + Tatum + Porzingis. At the beginning of the game, Boshen ate the cake and dunked, Haliburton fed the cake Smith to hit three points, continued to feed the cake and he shot in the middle of the shot, fed the cake Turner to hit three points, and the assist rubbed to **. Tatum and Boshen blossomed inside and out, and after that, Brown trained Sika, White and Holiday hit three-pointers, and the Celtics quickly opened up the difference.
Hield made a three-pointer to stop the bleeding in the middle period, Sika scored a layup, Boshen and White repeatedly ate cakes, and White hit two more three-pointers in the second half. At the end of the quarter, Haliburton faced White with a ruthless dunk 2+1, and at the end of the first quarter, the Pacers trailed the Celtics 26-36. Back in the second quarter, Hauser made an iron-blooded three-pointer, Holiday understated the mid-range, Nesmith blossomed inside and out, and Tatum and Hauser continued to rain three-pointers!Haliburton added individual singles, and Tatum and Nesmith continued to shoot three-pointers in the middle of the game. Jaylen Brown makes a foul and makes a free throw. In the second half, Brown burst inside and outside, Porzingis shook off Turner and scored a three-pointer, Sika led the team to respond, and Tatum hit another three-pointer!After the Celtics opened up a 20-point deficit, the Pacers scored seven straight points in the final minute.
At halftime, the Celtics led the Pacers 81-66, and the Celtics hit 12 three-pointers in the half, with White 19 points, Tatum 23 points, and Brown 15 pointsOn the Pacers' side, Haliburton had 10 points and 5 assists, Sika had 12 points, and Nesmith had 15 pointsHaliburton assisted Turner and Nesmith on consecutive three-pointers, and then Sika scored consecutive strong shots, plus Hield's three-pointers, the Pacers went on a 16-4 run to chase down only 3 points!Jaylen Brown continued to stop the bleeding, Turner and Nesmith continued to attack, and after Sika's three-pointer tied the score in the middle of the period, Turner overtook the Green Army with a free throw!In the second half, Hauser and Pritchard added three points, and Haliburton reached the playing time limit and was forced to clock out.
After three quarters, the Pacers 103-106 Celtics. In the fourth quarter, Toppin hit a three-pointer, but Holiday and Tatum led the team to stop the Pacers again. Tatum added three points in the middle section, and then the two sides maintained about 10 points and fell into a tug-of-war. In the last 2 minutes, the Pacers made a strong effort: Hield and Nesmith scored consecutive layups, Tatum and White scored two big hats, and then Holiday hit two free throws, and finally the Celtics beat the Pacers 129-124!
Celtics statistics, Tatum 30 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, Jaylen Brown 25 points and 6 rebounds, White 24 points and 5 assists, Boshen 17 points and 12 rebounds, Holiday 17 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Pacers statistics, Haliburton 13 points and 10 assists, Hield 12 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, Turner 17 points and 5 rebounds, Sika 23 points and 6 rebounds, Nesmith 26 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists, Nembhard 15 points and 5 assists, Toppin 11 points and 8 rebounds.
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