The game between the Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers will take place at TD Garden on Friday, March 24 at 7:00 PM ET.
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The Boston Celtics will welcome the Indiana Pacers to TD Garden for an NBA game on Friday. The Boston Celtics won 109-132 in their last game over the Kings. Jayson Tatum scored 36 points and the Boston Celtics ended a long road trip on a high note by beating the Sacramento Kings 132-109 on Tuesday night. Boston bounced back from blowing a 19-point lead in Utah on Saturday night by knocking off one of the top teams in the Western Conference.
It won four of six on the trip. Jaylen Brown added 27 points and Derrick White scored 20 to help the Celtics open up a one-game lead over Philadelphia in the Atlantic Division. “He just did a great job coming out of the gate,” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said of Tatum. “I thought him and Jaylen did a great job controlling the game with their decision-making.”
The Celtics shot 53.3% from the field, turned the ball over only five times and took control of the game during a torrid shooting stretch coming out of halftime. “I was pleased with the mindset,” Mazzulla said. “The most important thing is we managed the turnovers. … We have to maintain a level of perspective. This was a hard road trip.” Boston hit 10 of its first 11 shots from the field in the third quarter, scoring 27 points in less than six minutes to build the lead up to 14 points on a 3-pointer by White. The Kings never really threatened after that.
The Indiana Pacers on the other hand won 114-118 against the Raptors in their last game. Rookie guard Andrew Nembhard had 25 points and 10 assists in his first NBA game back home in Canada, and the Indiana Pacers beat the Toronto Raptors 118-114 on Wednesday night to snap their home winning streak at seven. Myles Turner scored 16 points, Bennedict Mathurin added 15 and Buddy Hield had 13 for the Pacers, who swept the three-game season series between the teams.
Indiana led 58-52 at halftime and took an 83-78 lead into the fourth. T.J. McConnell scored 14 points and Jordan Nwora had 10. … G Tyrese Haliburton (right ankle), G Chris Duarte (left ankle) and G/F Kendall Brown (right leg) all sat for Indiana. … The Pacers committed 18 turnovers, leading to 21 points for Toronto. … Indiana outscored the Raptors 40-21 in bench points. … The Pacers are 3-1 when Nembhard scores 20 or more.
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Al Horford, Derrick White, Marcus Smart
Indiana Pacers: Bennedict Mathurin, Oshae Brissett, Myles Turner, Andrew Nembhard, Buddy Hield
Boston Celtics: Payton Pritchard, Danilo Gallinari
Indiana Pacers: Tyrese Haliburton, Chris Duarte, Kendall Brown
The game between the Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers will take place at TD Garden on Friday, March 24 at 7:00 PM ET.
The match between the Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers will be telecast live on Bally Sports Indiana, Fox Sports Indiana, NBA TV, NBC Sports Boston.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports Indiana, Fox Sports Indiana, NBA TV, NBC Sports Boston. | March 24 (7:00 PM ET) |
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