In only the third overtime game of the NBA playoffs, the Boston Celtics outlasted the Indiana Pacers to take Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals 133-128 on Tuesday night.
Boston outscored Indiana 16-11 in overtime to survive. Jaylen Brown hit a corner 3 with 5.7 seconds left to tie it and send it to overtime after Indiana took a lead late.
Though the Pacers had that lead, they started off the game as poorly as one could imagine, as Boston opened the evening on a 12-0 run. Indiana came roaring back, however, with 22 first-half assists and tied things up at 64 going into halftime on a Tyrese Haliburton 3.
TYRESE HALIBURTON FROM THE LOGO!
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Jayson Tatum (36 points, 12 rebounds and four assists), Brown (26 points, seven rebounds and five assists) and Jrue Holiday (28 points, eight assists, seven rebounds) led the way for Boston.
Indiana’s big three all scored over 20 points, led by Haliburton (25 points, 10 assists, three rebounds) and Pascal Siakam (24 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists). The Pacers will look to tie the series up at 8 p.m. ET Thursday in Boston.
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