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BOS 5-2
96 – 98
FINAL
IND 2-6

Boston Celtics 96, Indiana Pacers 98 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 96, Indiana Pacers 98. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 24-19 IND; Q2 BOS 32-34 IND; Q3 BOS 21-26 IND; Q4 BOS 19-19 IND.

Top performers (box score): Payton Pritchard (BOS) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-22 shooting; Pascal Siakam (IND) 21 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists on 10-of-15 shooting; Jay Huff (IND) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Derrick White (BOS) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-21 shooting; Anfernee Simons (BOS) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS
Payton Pritchard
23 PTS, 4 REB, 8 AST, 3 3PM · 10-22 FG
Scoring · IND
Pascal Siakam
21 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST · 10-15 FG
Scoring · IND
Jay Huff
20 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 8-12 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

BOS 9 largest lead Q2 11:16 (BOS 28, IND 19) · 8-0 run, Q1 4:02–Q1 0:54
IND 13 largest lead Q3 4:43 (BOS 60, IND 73) · 10-0 run, Q2 1:16–Q3 8:25
Swings 11 lead changes Tied 9 times

Ahead for good: Pascal Siakam makes 7-foot two point shot (Q4 0:06, BOS 96, IND 98).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 4:52 Derrick White makes 29-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)BOS · BOS 90, IND 91
  • Q4 3:56 Andrew Nembhard makes 26-foot three pointerIND · BOS 90, IND 94
  • Q4 3:40 Neemias Queta makes free throw 2 of 2BOS · BOS 91, IND 94
  • Q4 2:41 Pascal Siakam makes tip shotIND · BOS 91, IND 96
  • Q4 2:16 Payton Pritchard makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordan Walsh assists)BOS · BOS 94, IND 96
  • Q4 0:29 Derrick White makes driving layupBOS · BOS 96, IND 96
  • Q4 0:06 Pascal Siakam makes 7-foot two point shotIND · BOS 96, IND 98

Linescore

1234 T
BOS 24322119 96
IND 19342619 98

🧮 How They Scored

BOSIND
0Points in the paint0
0Fast-break points0
0Second-chance points0
0Points off turnovers0
30Bench points34
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
50.6%Effective FG%56.0%
11.5%Turnover %11.3%
22.2%Offensive rebound %12.2%
0.102Free-throw rate0.071

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Payton Pritchard G 37234820010-223-70-0+1
Derrick White G 3618450047-212-92-2+1
Sam Hauser F 338810012-72-72-2-6
Neemias Queta C 3215822137-90-01-3-12
Jordan Walsh G 266913013-50-20-0+4
Anfernee Simons G 2416340027-152-70-0-4
Baylor Scheierman G 212302000-30-22-2-8
Luka Garza C 166610003-40-00-0+10
Hugo González G 152100011-20-10-0+4

Indiana Pacers

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Pascal Siakam F 34218621210-150-11-2+11
Andrew Nembhard G-F 3313692035-143-50-0+12
Aaron Nesmith G-F 326520012-92-60-0-8
Jay Huff F-C 2820322128-124-70-0+20
Jarace Walker F 2511711014-93-50-0-5
Ben Sheppard G 235210002-81-60-0-16
Johnny Furphy G 164511021-10-02-2+12
Quenton Jackson G 158010103-52-40-0+6
T.J. McConnell G 155050002-50-01-2-10
Micah Potter F 135410002-61-30-0-11
Tony Bradley C 60000000-00-00-0-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Payton Pritchard Starter 372352.326.5+1.415.1
Derrick White Starter 361841.132.1+2.75.3
Neemias Queta Starter 321572.718.6-16.014.7
Sam Hauser Starter 33850.812.3-9.56.9
Baylor Scheierman Starter 21225.88.2-19.52.1
Anfernee Simons Bench 241653.331.5-5.68.7
Luka Garza Bench 16675.011.1+35.513.9
Jordan Walsh Bench 26660.010.9+8.013.9
Hugo González Bench 15250.09.1+13.31.3
Chris Boucher Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jaylen Brown Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Xavier Tillman Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Ron Harper Jr. Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Max Shulga Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Amari Williams Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Indiana PacersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Pascal Siakam Starter 342166.122.7+13.018.5
Jay Huff Starter 282083.322.6+32.414.8
Andrew Nembhard Starter 331346.423.9+15.211.2
Aaron Nesmith Starter 32633.314.1-15.93.4
Johnny Furphy Starter 164106.411.8+37.513.3
Jarace Walker Bench 251161.118.2-10.210.2
Quenton Jackson Bench 15880.016.1+16.68.6
T.J. McConnell Bench 15542.518.2-40.510.0
Micah Potter Bench 13541.721.4-51.66.9
Ben Sheppard Bench 23531.316.3-35.62.1
Tony Bradley Bench 0600.00.0-11.10.0
Ethan Thompson Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Kam Jones Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series BOS 2 – 1 IND
Last 25 meetings · since 2020-21 BOS 17 – 8 IND
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Boston Celtics 24-15 L2 L10 6-4 Next game recap: @ MIA · Thu, Jan 15
Indiana Pacers 9-31 W3 L10 3-7 Next game recap: vs TOR · Wed, Jan 14

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