BOSTON — Jaylen Brown scored a season-high 44 factors, together with six three-pointers, and the Boston Celtics ended a two-game skid with a 142-105 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Friday night.
Jayson Tatum added 22 factors and 13 rebounds for Boston, which linked on 23 3s and by no means trailed. Brown additionally had 4 steals to hitch Larry Fowl (5 instances) and Antoine Walker as the one Celtics with at the very least 44 factors and 4 steals in a sport.
Payton Pritchard completed with 18 factors, 10 assists and eight rebounds.
The Pacers have misplaced two video games in a row since recording their season-best five-game successful streak.
Tyrese Haliburton had 19 factors and 9 assists, Bennedict Mathurin completed with 18 factors and Pascal Siakam added 14 factors and 9 rebounds.
Pacers: It was no shock that Indiana struggled to seek out its footing with Obi Toppin sitting out with a sprained left ankle and Andrew Nembhard additionally coping with tendinitis in his left knee.
Celtics: They prevented their first three-game shedding streak of the season because of a dominant effort on each ends of the court docket. Boston had 9 steals and held Indiana to twenty-eight p.c from past the arc. The Celtics did so with out starters Kristaps Porzingis (sprained left ankle) and Jrue Vacation, who missed his second straight sport with a shoulder damage.
Al Horford linked on consecutive three-pointers to punctuate a 13-0 Celtics run late within the second quarter that gave them a 67-35 lead. Boston elevated its cushion to 38 within the fourth quarter.
It was Brown’s eleventh profession sport with 40 or extra factors.
Boston and Indiana meet once more on Sunday of their closing matchup of the season.
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