Overview
- Jaylen Brown logged his eighth straight 30-point game as Boston beat Indiana 140-122 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
- Brown, Payton Pritchard, Derrick White and Sam Hauser combined for 103 points, with Hauser hitting 7 of 8 from three for a season-high 23.
- Pritchard posted 29 points, nine rebounds and five assists, and White added 21-5-6 as the Celtics improved to 19-11 with a fourth consecutive win.
- Boston shot 57% from the field and 51% from deep, overturning a 15-point first-quarter deficit with a 47-22 second quarter to lead 75-61 at halftime.
- Bench play keyed the surge, with Luka Garza scoring 15 on 5-for-5 shooting and Baylor Scheierman finishing plus-18, while Jayson Tatum and Chris Boucher sat, Jordan Walsh returned and received a double technical with T.J. McConnell, and the depleted Pacers fell to 6-25 without Tyrese Haliburton and other regulars.