Indiana Pacers 117, Boston Celtics 112 — Recap

December 21, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Indiana Pacers 117, Boston Celtics 112. Scoring by quarter: Q1 IND 42-22 BOS; Q2 IND 29-21 BOS; Q3 IND 29-42 BOS; Q4 IND 17-27 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jayson Tatum (BOS) 41 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 13-of-25 shooting; Tyrese Haliburton (IND) 33 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-24 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 19 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-23 shooting; Malcolm Brogdon (BOS) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-13 shooting; Aaron Nesmith (IND) 15 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jayson Tatum

41 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 13-25 FG

Scoring · IND

Tyrese Haliburton

33 PTS, 3 REB, 8 AST, 6 3PM · 12-24 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jaylen Brown

19 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 8-23 FG

Season highs

Robert Williams III · Season-high 12 rebounds

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
IND	42	29	29	17		117
BOS	22	21	42	27		112

🧮 How They Scored

INDBOS

52Points in the paint50

17Fast-break points21

16Second-chance points32

19Points off turnovers16

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.1%Effective FG%45.0%

12.1%Turnover %12.5%

24.5%Offensive rebound %41.7%

0.092Free-throw rate0.248

Box Score

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tyrese Haliburton G	34	33	3	8	1	0	2	12-24	6-13	3-4	+1
Andrew Nembhard G-F	34	8	5	5	1	1	2	4-9	0-1	0-0	+4
Buddy Hield G	30	8	5	5	1	1	1	3-7	2-3	0-0	+2
Aaron Nesmith G-F	28	15	6	3	2	0	1	6-13	1-5	2-2	+16
Myles Turner C-F	27	10	6	3	1	0	2	4-8	1-2	1-1	+2
Bennedict Mathurin G-F	24	7	4	0	1	0	1	3-9	1-4	0-0	+1
Jalen Smith F-C	21	8	9	1	0	1	2	3-6	2-4	0-0	+3
Oshae Brissett F	17	8	5	0	1	0	2	3-5	1-2	1-2	+2
Chris Duarte G	15	14	3	1	0	0	1	5-10	4-5	0-0	-5
T.J. McConnell G	10	6	1	1	2	0	0	3-7	0-0	0-0	-1

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	41	41	5	4	2	1	2	13-25	4-11	11-13	+4
Jaylen Brown G	36	19	10	2	1	0	4	8-23	1-5	2-2	-6
Malcolm Brogdon G	30	18	4	7	2	0	2	5-13	2-7	6-8	+5
Al Horford C-F	28	6	6	4	1	1	1	2-6	2-5	0-0	-7
Derrick White G	26	2	6	3	1	1	3	0-7	0-3	2-2	-4
Robert Williams III C-F	22	6	12	2	1	1	2	3-5	0-0	0-0	+4
Sam Hauser F	18	10	6	0	2	1	1	4-8	2-4	0-0	-20
Payton Pritchard G	17	3	2	4	0	0	0	1-4	1-3	0-0	+1
Grant Williams F	16	7	6	0	1	0	1	3-8	1-3	0-0	-4
Luke Kornet F-C	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Tyrese Haliburton	Bench	34	33	64.1	34.2	+1.4	18.9
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	28	15	54.0	22.1	+28.8	9.2
Chris Duarte	Bench	15	14	70.0	28.9	-11.3	17.8
Myles Turner	Bench	27	10	59.2	16.1	+3.5	8.6
Buddy Hield	Bench	30	8	57.1	11.1	+1.2	8.5
Jalen Smith	Bench	21	8	66.7	14.5	+6.4	8.9
Andrew Nembhard	Bench	34	8	44.4	13.9	+7.1	4.8
Oshae Brissett	Bench	17	8	68.0	18.2	+5.4	11.8
Bennedict Mathurin	Bench	24	7	38.9	17.2	+6.2	2.7
T.J. McConnell	Bench	10	6	42.9	25.0	-0.4	9.6
Goga Bitadze	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Isaiah Jackson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
James Johnson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	41	41	66.7	28.2	+4.4	18.9
Jaylen Brown	Bench	36	19	39.8	29.5	-11.0	6.3
Malcolm Brogdon	Bench	30	18	54.5	20.9	+6.0	14.1
Sam Hauser	Bench	18	10	62.5	17.3	-59.2	14.2
Grant Williams	Bench	16	7	43.8	18.8	-11.1	7.4
Al Horford	Bench	28	6	50.0	9.7	-16.7	7.3
Robert Williams III	Bench	22	6	60.0	10.4	+5.7	11.3
Payton Pritchard	Bench	17	3	37.5	8.9	-2.8	5.4
Derrick White	Bench	26	2	12.7	15.3	-8.4	-1.1
Luke Kornet	Bench	5	0	0.0	12.5	+16.7	14.3
Blake Griffin	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Justin Jackson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Noah Vonleh	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0