Overview
- Jaylen Brown returned from illness to score 31 points, including an off-balance late three that pushed Boston ahead for good.
- Boston erased a 61-43 halftime deficit, with Joe Mazzulla briefly pulling starters before a bench-fueled surge flipped the game.
- Derrick White added 19 points, while Payton Pritchard and Anfernee Simons chipped in 11 apiece for the Celtics.
- Pascal Siakam had 25 and Andrew Nembhard 20 for Indiana, which missed 19 of 20 second-half threes and dropped its fifth straight game.
- The loss kept Rick Carlisle on 999 career coaching wins; next up, Indiana hosts Milwaukee on Tuesday, and Boston visits Indiana on Friday.