Boston Celtics 118, Indiana Pacers 101 — Recap

January 6, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 118, Indiana Pacers 101. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 29-17 IND; Q2 BOS 29-32 IND; Q3 BOS 26-32 IND; Q4 BOS 34-20 IND.

Top performers (box score): Jayson Tatum (BOS) 38 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 8 threes on 14-of-23 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 31 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 13-of-20 shooting; Bennedict Mathurin (IND) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists on 7-of-14 shooting; Tyrese Haliburton (IND) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-17 shooting; Buddy Hield (IND) 15 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jayson Tatum

38 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST, 8 3PM · 14-23 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jaylen Brown

31 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM · 13-20 FG

Scoring · IND

Bennedict Mathurin

20 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST · 7-14 FG

Season highs

Al Horford · Season-high 8 assistsJayson Tatum · Season-high 8 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

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

🧮 How They Scored

BOSIND

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

62.3%Effective FG%45.7%

16.0%Turnover %8.1%

22.2%Offensive rebound %20.0%

0.222Free-throw rate0.239

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	38	38	13	6	1	—	4	14-23	8-13	2-4	+19
Jrue Holiday G	37	8	6	5	1	—	2	3-9	1-5	1-2	+6
Jaylen Brown G	36	31	4	1	—	1	3	13-20	1-4	4-8	+7
Al Horford C-F	30	10	7	8	1	2	2	4-8	2-5	0-2	+10
Derrick White G	24	7	5	2	—	1	4	3-6	1-2	—	+20
Sam Hauser F	16	5	4	1	—	—	1	2-6	1-5	—	+2
Luke Kornet F-C	16	4	4	3	1	—	1	1-2	—	2-2	+3
Payton Pritchard G	15	5	2	—	1	—	—	2-5	1-3	—	+10
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	6	2	3	—	1	1	—	1-2	0-1	—	+4
Svi Mykhailiuk G	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bennedict Mathurin G-F	35	20	4	2	2	1	2	7-14	0-3	6-9	-21
Tyrese Haliburton G	35	17	6	7	5	—	4	5-17	2-9	5-5	-14
Aaron Nesmith G-F	32	8	4	—	3	1	—	3-13	0-7	2-2	-5
Buddy Hield G	31	15	2	3	—	—	—	6-16	3-10	—	-5
Myles Turner C-F	30	12	7	2	—	—	—	5-11	0-5	2-4	-11
Jalen Smith F-C	26	7	7	2	—	—	—	2-6	1-4	2-2	-7
Obi Toppin F	23	10	3	1	—	—	—	4-8	2-4	—	-8
T.J. McConnell G	12	6	1	5	2	—	3	3-3	—	—	-3
Isaiah Jackson F	9	4	3	—	—	—	—	2-3	—	—	-8
Ben Sheppard G	3	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-3
Oscar Tshiebwe F-C	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	1-1	—	—	—
Jarace Walker F	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

🔬 Advanced Stats

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	38	38	76.7	30.8	+24.1	24.3
Jaylen Brown	Bench	36	31	65.9	31.4	+10.4	14.5
Al Horford	Bench	30	10	56.3	15.1	+13.9	13.9
Jrue Holiday	Bench	37	8	40.5	13.5	+7.6	5.6
Derrick White	Bench	24	7	58.3	16.7	+38.5	2.4
Payton Pritchard	Bench	15	5	50.0	12.5	+34.2	8.2
Sam Hauser	Bench	16	5	41.7	17.1	+5.9	1.8
Luke Kornet	Bench	16	4	69.4	9.8	+9.1	10.7
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	6	2	50.0	12.5	+26.7	30.3
Svi Mykhailiuk	Bench	1	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Neemias Queta	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Indiana PacersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Bennedict Mathurin	Bench	35	20	55.7	23.5	-27.6	9.0
Tyrese Haliburton	Bench	35	17	44.3	28.0	-17.4	12.3
Buddy Hield	Bench	31	15	46.9	22.2	-7.7	5.6
Myles Turner	Bench	30	12	47.0	16.9	-13.7	7.0
Obi Toppin	Bench	23	10	62.5	14.8	-16.3	10.2
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	32	8	28.8	18.2	-8.6	2.5
Jalen Smith	Bench	26	7	50.9	11.7	-8.6	7.7
T.J. McConnell	Bench	12	6	100.0	20.7	-11.5	22.4
Isaiah Jackson	Bench	9	4	66.7	15.0	-37.4	4.9
Oscar Tshiebwe	Bench	1	2	100.0	50.0	0.0	44.4
Jarace Walker	Bench	1	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	22.2
Ben Sheppard	Bench	3	—	0.0	0.0	-42.9	5.9