Boston Celtics Locker Room Celebration After Crazy Win vs. Pacers in Game 1 ECF! Tatum, Brown, White

Tatum scores 36, Brown hits 3 to force OT and Celtics edge Pacers 133-128 in Game 1 of East finals
BOSTON -- - The Celtics entered the playoffs expecting to get everyone’s best shot.
The East’s top seed barely survived a tough one to open the Eastern Conference finals.
Jayson Tatum scored 36 points, including 10 in overtime after Jaylen Brown's tying 3-pointer with 6.1 seconds remaining in regulation, and Boston rallied just in time for a 133-128 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night.
Jrue Holiday added a season-high 28 points and Brown finished with 26.
“Welcome to the NBA playoffs. You've just got to manage your emotions. Anything can happen,” Brown said of his tying 3. “It's not over until the final buzzer sounds. ... It's not over until it's over. We found a way to win the game at the very end.”
It gave his team a new life and helped it hang on to home-court advantage with Game 2 set for Thursday in Boston.
But guarding against complacency was also on the mind of Tatum.
The Celtics have lost Game 2 in each of their previous two series.
“It doesn’t prove anything,” Tatum said. “We won a big-time game. The series is far from over.”
Tyrese Haliburton had 25 points and 10 assists for the Pacers, who knocked down 13 3-pointers and scored 56 points in the paint against a Celtics team still playing without 7-footer Kristaps Porzingis.
But Boston dialed up its defense, finishing with 11 steals - three each by Brown, Tatum and Holiday. The Celtics become the first team in NBA playoff history to have three players record 25 points and three steals in a game.
The Celtics were cold for most of the game from 3-point range, but ended the night 15 of 45 from beyond the arc.
“We keep talking about protecting home court,” Celtics forward Al Horford said. “It’s whatever it takes.”
Pascal Siakam added 24 points and 12 rebounds. Myles Turner finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds for the sixth-seeded Pacers, who twice turned it over with a three-point lead in the final 30 seconds of regulation.
Brown made them pay for the second one, hitting a 3 from the corner with Siakam right in his face to tie it at 117.
“Jrue made a good pass, (Derrick White) set a great screen and the rest is history,” Brown said.
Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla like the poise Brown showed.
"Jaylen had great balance," he said.
“Great pass, great shot.”
Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said the loss was "totally on me" for not calling a timeout to advance the ball before their turnover that set up Brown's shot.
Asked about the 21 turnovers Indiana committed, Haliburton said many of them were preventable.
“I think it’s more on us,” he said. “I just felt like more of them were probably on us than them forcing turnovers.”
The Celtics are now 2-2 when their opponent scores 100 or more points.
Holiday said the Celtics never panicked after falling behind late in regulation
“I think we always knew that there’s always a chance. We’ve seen crazy stuff happen all the time,” Holiday said. “I don’t think that we think we lost the game until we actually lost the game and that’s part of the reason why we were so resilient.”
Indiana went back ahead 123-121 when Haliburton hit all three free throws after being fouled with 1:46 remaining. Tatum then muscled in a layup and was fouled by T.J. McConnell. He completed the three-point play to put Boston ahead for good.
The Pacers turned it over again, this time by Haliburton. The ball found its way to Tatum at the top of key. He pumped, sidestepped a defender and sunk a 3 to make it 127-123 with 43 seconds left.
White and Siakam traded layups. Holiday was fouled and hit two free throws to give Boston a 131-125 cushion.
“It’s unfortunate we did so many good things in this game that it came down to a couple of mistakes at the end, but it’s the NBA playoffs,” Carlisle said. “We’ve got to learn from it and we’ve got to bounce back.”
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[@Robin-xt7yo]

JBs corner 3 at end of the 4th! 🍀

[@ramseyebryant]

Sadly was luck …. Should have never came down to it

[@paulostatic8497]

​@@ramseyebryanthow was it luck?

[@chombethemindisall8404]

@@ramseyebryantno such thing as luck lil bro

[@alloyadamatium2466]

​@@ramseyebryantSo what do u want, a loss?

[@keltic341thoughtyouknuskii34]

My corner pee at the end of the porch.

[@Renaud-hq6wp]

In game 2 I would like the celtics to set the tone defensively and it would translate by the offense.

[@GodDid94]

Miles Turner had a record night and still lost. C’s are good just need KP back and it’s ova wit

[@ZA-co9vj]

Good win but got to be better. Can't accept that as the norm.

[@TCHSwolf]

Wow you should be NBA coach

[@garolehmejian6052]

Happy that they won...it shouldn't have gone down to that corner 3 for overtime. As several of the basketball pundits remarked "too much "iso" by the J's...need more ball movement, and less slacking on tough defense. Frankly too early to celebrate!

[@Banner18TheTruth]

Maybe there won't be iso when AL n DW return next game 😂

[@techbhoy121]

🔥🔥🔥

[@saviodias8136]

If it was not for Jrue, Jaylen would'nt have scored the 3, kudos to both players, wonderfull game, can't take the young pacer's team lightly, this win was a miracle, saw how the ball went in from outside the arc.

[@Djohnson89]

☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🔥🔥

[@harrismust2851]

Relieved that they won😅. But they have to improve defensively in Game 2 thereon

[@RelaxingMusic-gp3st]

Pretty sure you didn’t see Pacers defensive at the end of that game or you have to be kiddin. Pacers are the only ones that need to tighten up that defense. Celtics defended just fine all game. Wasn’t pretty as other times but they managed with their own style.

[@harrismust2851]

@@RelaxingMusic-gp3st Don't care about Pacers defending. Cs should not let them score more than 120 pt😬

[@sunmore4370]

Coach M Use other BENCH PLAYERS…

[@jsintral]

He’s horrible 🤦🏾 my god I better see Tillman get minutes next game if he’s available 😭 I’m gonna lose my mind if I see bro get torched next game 2

[@gunna2k826]

Nooooooooooo!!! We need 7 more wins dem niggas can sit on the bench

[@user-qw8uh1iy2o]

Pacers r monster team

[@RelaxingMusic-gp3st]

Don’t be dismissive of this Celtics LEGENDARY WIN! Pacers? They lost in the most monstrous way - did it to themselves collapsing in seconds.

[@kyheel6108]

Free throw disparity was a lil much. Not even a pacers fan

[@Yourunkbob]

These guys were GASSED in the 4th quarter. It was so obvious. I was screaming for subs for even just a few mins. The pace got to them but thats Joe's job to manage thier play time. I hope that gets addressed going forward.

[@Banner18TheTruth]

Lol 😂 ok. JB said they weren't even running or getting back. So we suppose to believe you or JB. Sounds like another defensive lazy game. Idiotic a team just stepping off the plane out hustled and out ran a team that's been off for 5 days. Ya put that on Joe. 😅

[@witsonselme1442]

Why jt always tired anytime a reporter asked him how do you feel, TIRED

[@MeRacko]

i think Mavs willl beat BoiSTON Mavs in 6

[@keltic341thoughtyouknuskii34]

This isn't the Boston Øiysters buddy, Go back to fishtown you gefilthee zuck.

[@silasliot4644]

@@keltic341thoughtyouknuskii34 Boston beat the Mavericks fully healthy decisively both games in the regular season. I know its playoffs but to insult the Celtics with home court advantage and going down in 6 not even 7 game series is unreal.

[@theprophet25]

Mavs aren’t winning in 6 they got blown out by Celtics and porzingas will be back by finals it’s over

[@RelaxingMusic-gp3st]

Mavs haven’t won anything. Gotta win a series first as well as The Celtics. Way too ahead of yourself.

[@2acresityXxd]

Bro everyone hating on the pacers 😂 y’all see they a young team yet the best offense team in the nba. Y’all probably just mad your team didn’t make it to the eastern finals or the playoffs that’s why y’all hating. Quit hating bruh. Go pacers!

[@Ac0ustics0ul]

The Pacers are doing the same thing Celtics did, their young stars were devloped through the draft, wtf you on about

[@KingWoo18]

@@Ac0ustics0uldude is just mad that he’s from bumfuck Indiana

[@user-pr8ks4sj3g]

Let them smile for now, at the end of the day they will be devoured by them wolves

[@kinghazard4447]

Yesssir🔥, wolves winning it all.

[@jedibattlemasterkos]

LMAO

[@modba9576]

No shot, Shiverwolves dont have as much talant as Celtics have.

[@user-pr8ks4sj3g]

@@modba9576 we will see

[@theprophet25]

Wolves aren’t beating Celtics in a seven game without home court. Best Denver and all of a sudden they know how to win it all we will see what happens to the wolves

[@spareplanet]

Pretty lifeless “celebration”, actually. If the Pacers had won, they would have been going off…

[@northernyetigaming8566]

Because there’s still plenty of work to do

[@nyakopharr2347]

If that’s a celebration like the tittle says, something is wrong behind the scenes there.

[@keltic341thoughtyouknuskii34]

Pacer pacification purposes.

[@Mitch_Feral]

Why would a team that's been to 6 of the last 8 ECFs be excited about winning a game in one?

[@Ingenuity009]

The refs joined in off camera 😂

[@michaelperez7219]

Of course yeah was waiting fresh watch next game. Your bastard is gonna get swept.

[@inv3rtedjacxb492]

bro what 😭😭

[@larrythelobster5633]

What the hell are you talking about??? If english is your first language , then I got nothing to say...

[@GhostGorillaTagVR]

my bro talking ancient greek rn

[@Crimmmz]

translation: "I'm not surprised the celtics won. They won the previous serious in 5 games and were fresh for this game. But, wait until next game, it's gonna feel like you got swept!"

[@josephjames2011]

@@inv3rtedjacxb492 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@_Glocktober]

lol anyone that watched the game in 4k saw those last two turnovers by Indiana were intentional. That Vegas bonus must be nice.

[@tater_100]

man you just mad that "himmy" butler is living life in cancun.

[@_Glocktober]

@@tater_100 watch the film.

[@KSizbored4life]

@@_Glocktober your team lost so now you got nothing better to do than hate

[@_Glocktober]

@@KSizbored4life you didn’t watch the game. You watch highlights. Watch the footage. Ever since betting got involved , the players are on it. Even if the heat won the finals I’d know that shit was fake.

[@KSizbored4life]

@@_Glocktober unreal levels of copium lmao. you should hear how goofy you sound

[@abcdefg12369]

1:06 unprofessional cop. who does he think he is?

[@modba9576]

human as any other

[@7CFlo]

But when they act like robots people bitch

[@etx_jay]

I’m not a fan of cops in any way trust me . But damn he can’t get a fist bump ?😂😂😂

[@venkatakrishnams]

its all temporary.. Cs have serious problems on their offense , unless they reflect on that they are doomed for again another year. Too much dribbling, ISO ball, no ball and man movement.. I fear one more year of disaster awaiting. JB is relatively better he atleast tries to atttack the rim but JT is living in a false pride land.. they are not a 4th quarter clutch team period...they win by luck. Look at Pacers how they move the ball and move around.

[@tesfahailu1000]

yet they scored more points than the Pacers and have been one of the best offensive teams all season. you might not like the play style, but it works for them because Jason and Jaylen are iso players

[@theprophet25]

It’s not temporary. All remaining teams have iso players look at Dallas look at Minnesota they aren’t predicated on ball movement and now that game one is in the books pacers are not winning 4/6 games against the Celtics

[@Mitch_Feral]

Pacers are the best offense in the league, the Celtics are the second best. Celtics are the 3rd or 4th best defense in the league, the Pacers are the 4th worst. Pacers only had 8 more assists than the C's did. C's foul the least in the league, the Pacers foul the most. The C's have issues, but none of them are serious - if they were serious, they wouldnt have spent the entire year rolling up other teams and resting their stars.

[@RelaxingMusic-gp3st]

Pacers lost. I think the Pacers are the only ones with problems choking as they did. Stop being dismissive. When the Pacers win like The Celtics did? (& they didn’t) then that’s worthy of your comment. Right now? Your comment is so irrelevant & seeks desperately to draw attention from this OUTSTANDING CELTICS Comeback. Pacers collapsed ABHORRENTLY!

[@JDB61698]

Celtics are lame

[@JJtheprodigy]

Mad cuz ur team lost💀💀

[@mjcipri]

Your mom is lame!

[@fullmetalgamer6062]

Just like your body pillow.

[@alloyadamatium2466]

His eithet a Heat or Cavs fan.. 😅😅😅

[@7CFlo]

What would Indiana be?

[@deanmachine7971]

The Pacers had this game won. You can't give any credit to the celtics.

[@dylin2153]

Refs vs pacers😅 not Celtics

[@dilloncoleman480]

cope

[@patrickstarfish420]

If you’re talking about the free throw discrepancy, than just shows me you didn’t actually watched the game and just look for box score. The Celtics did really good on defence without fouling and while watching live. There was almost no complains about the calls or no calls throughout the game. So try again.

[@anthonyblood2439]

Pacers one of the worst defensive teams. Hence, they foul a lot. Celtics one of the best, so they did an awesome job of not fouling. THAT’s the reason for the free throw discrepancy. Not the refs.

[@bcanaloglu]

cry more loser ;)

[@tonyvarse7856]

This guys trolling. Either way you see it, Celts SHOULD have destroyed the shitty Pacers.

[@BruhWTF007]

Celtics suck 😂 barely winning against a choking pacers team.. the East is embarrassing

[@user-zh7sv7hc9v]

No such thing as barely Won ...😂

[@peytonsmith1062]

*Pacers 4-1 Celtics.*

[@2acresityXxd]

Celtics are trash. They made the Eastern finals like 3 years in a row and yet they still haven’t won in those 3 years. No hote to the Celtics. Pacers in 7

[@huntermurphy6151]

U just said they were trash, isn’t that hating the Celtics😂

[@TheJustinReid]

So you say they trash, but then you say they make it to the final four 3 years in a row. You just countered your statement with your own statement. Just because we don't win a chip, doesn't mean we trash.

[@OtakuMainer]

You must be a kid

[@curtislinden9297]

so how are Celtics supposed to have already won the finals in this 3rd year which hasn't finished yet? you mean two ECF in a row and havent won. this one is still going dummy. When you have to exaggerate to make your point, it means your point sucks