Final

[@geraldgabad1373]

Tatum's Behind the Back Pass to Horford is just incredible.

[@Scott-ee4ut]

Definitely. He had at least one other behind the back pass/assist. Good stuff. Jokic looking

[@sudancgordon]

2x

[@jpdemer5]

They're starting to look like the Bird-era Celtics, and I'm here for it.

[@tcode1960]

That shit was fire💯

[@Yarmox]

Trying to copy Jokic

[@user-bb1jw2gh6z]

This is why you picked up Jrue. Dude's just special especially defensively. And could also gives you points and great BBall IQ. Talked bout a huge upgrade from Smart.

[@marktrail8624]

Obvious reach-in foul I'm sorry but I'm not a fan of either team but that was the game winner non call.

[@dallasprescott3454]

Dude he beat him to the ball. If he touches his body first to get to the ball that's different. He stole it then the now defender ran into him.

[@marktrail8624]

@@dallasprescott3454 ... Nope look at it in Slomo there's the body bump, then the reach in across the wrists. Holiday didn't beat him to the spot. Shoulda been ft's.

[@firstnamelastname1566]

Jrue is good, bro, but don't let this comment distract you from the fact that Tatum is now a greater all-time player than LeBum. Tatum > Luka > garbage > prime LeBum

[@gavcurtis2994]

@@marktrail8624they barely made contact, but cope some more

[@dreamsanity34]

Jrue Holiday! Very underrated Celtics pick-up. First Team NBA All-Defense!

[@Jrevo77]

great pickup but was never underrated even when he was first picked up everyone was saying that could be the addition to push the celtics over the edge to win a championship

[@greekveteran2715]

I hate that I was proved right.When I was saying to Bucks fans, that Holiday and coach Bud, should have stayed to the their team, they called me "Casual" and other names. I'm really sorry,that I was proved right.

[@SomeHoboProductions]

Yeah I wouldn't even say underrated, everyone knew how good Jrue was defensively. Anyone who said otherwise after the trade is probably being paid to make bad takes for engagement bait, just the Stephen A's and Skip Baylesses of the world

[@austin5019]

What an absolutely amazing comeback by the Boston Celtics!!! Let's go!!!

[@BarryBlockZay617]

Tatums growth this year as a passer is Insane. Love that he's making his teammates better, and embracing TEAM basketball, instead of listening to the casuals who want him to be a selfish iso player

[@SheeshCurry71]

Choke an inbound play in game 1 Choke an 18 pt lead in game 3 Bring out the brooms 🧹

[@TheRealEdgarSantana]

😂😂😂

[@jpdemer5]

Boston has to give them one game, so the media talking heads can jabber once again about "what's wrong with the Celtics?"

[@Kejylle]

🧹🧹🧹

[@Kejylle]

Cancun is waiting 😂😂😂

[@SheeshCurry71]

@@KejylleGalveston’s better actually 😂😂😂

[@Afunguy032]

Jrue holiday with another legendary steal damn. Before in milwaukee now in boston

[@matttirado7661]

Tatum's behind the back, in the paint, left side pass to Horford for the 3 was beautiful basketball

[@MrTeacupcoffee]

Celtics showed incredible poise. Jrue ended the game with a steal like he did against Boston 2 years ago.

[@alexanthro8248]

Was thinking the EXACT same thing when it happened

[@marktrail8624]

Obvious non call foul on Holiday.

[@TimSlawosky]

@@marktrail8624 OH WAAAAA!

[@gavcurtis2994]

@@marktrail8624obviously clean

[@marktrail8624]

@@TimSlawosky .. I'm a Blazer guy so I don't care. Refs gave preferential treatment to the Celtics on that non-call. Strictly a neutral observance

[@keroga8635]

Jrue Holiday man insane defense when it matters.

[@lazymode1315]

Game 2. Pacers down by 13. Rick Carlisle pulls his starters in the 4th and accepts the loss. Game 3. Celtics down by 18. They grind it out and get the win.

[@masstarvation]

PAcers are inexperienced and their coach makes so many darn mistakes.

[@willn8664]

@@masstarvation Both Rick Carlisle AND Pascal Siakam has championship experience though. They both should know better.

[@allthingssports4957]

There was a 5 point difference and the Pacers had less time to come back than Boston did.

[@Mist_R]

Every Boston starter made clutch plays and locked in on defense. We love to see that! 🍀 THIS IS CELTICS BASKETBALL 🍀 Al's blocks and 3s White's defense and 3 JB's dunk Jrue's steal and baskets in the paint JT's 3 and pass to Al for a big 3

[@demonreacts7816]

U were down by 20 vs an Indiana team that’s missing their best player and is the 6th seed. That’s not an impressive comeback. If this was a healthy top seed, fine, but u had a combination of neither

[@Mist_R]

​@demonreacts7816 keep crying 🤡laker fan😭😭😭😭

[@brandonmbemba]

@@demonreacts7816 Dude, I know this L hurts but come on now. Down 18 and away from home, 9 teams out of 10 would’ve lose this game. That was impressive

[@melmartinez7002]

@@demonreacts7816 FWIW, Boston is down their starting center -- who is one of their top 3 players overall and also down their #3 center. And let's be real, even without Haliburton, IND is a hella potent offensive team. They've been held to under 116 points just 5 of their 16 playoff games (twice now by BOS). They scored over 111 in 60 of their 82 regular season games. As the 6th seed, IND was separated from the 4th seed by just one game. And would they have been just the 6th seed if they had Siakam all season? There are good reasons why they are in the ECF.

[@Trollololololful]

@@demonreacts7816 3-0 is all that matters.

[@jeromebauto4593]

AL "SPLASH FATHER" HORFORD CAN DO IT ALL

[@hoopsfan3437]

What foul is Carlisle even complaining about? That was just elite defense by Jrue

[@JackBradley-x6z]

I don't give a rats ass about that game but that was a blocking foul. That's what he's complaining about.

[@zeetmeist9380]

@@JackBradley-x6zcry more lmao yall soft as hell 😂

[@marktrail8624]

@@JackBradley-x6z ... Blocking or reach in, take your pick.

[@Nendo249]

Didn’t look like a foul to me. Offensive player had advantage and then dribbled right to where jrue recovered. Clean steal.

[@marktrail8624]

Reach in or blocking foul. You make the call !

[@great_Caligola]

Big respect to Horford. People like to rave about Lebrons longevity all day but Horford is almost 38, a starter in the ECF and just hit 7 threes while playing elite defense. What a backup to have for KP. And I mean their defense in general is just nuts. White and Holiday are imo the 2 best guard defenders in the league, Horford is great and Brown + Tatum aren’t bad defenders either. It’s crazy

[@geekdiggy]

6:31 ma man's shirt says "the state bird of indiana is larry"😂

[@stephyfra1243]

🤣🤣

[@roythao6624]

🔥🔥🔥shirt 😭🤣🤣

[@DJMYSTERYYGC]

Go head celtics haters .. u said we cant win close games .. we have won 2 this series.. when we win by 20 you say the games are boring to watch .. we were the best team in the east all year we are full filling our destiny

[@ericdiaz6568]

Enjoy while it last - Dallas will win the Championship!!

[@firstnamelastname1566]

@@ericdiaz6568 You mean Wolves? Ant clowning all these hypejobs

[@gavcurtis2994]

@@firstnamelastname1566ant isnt even better than jaylen brown

[@jeffreyleonard7210]

All that and handsome. Because 40 years ago the harangue was that Boston was u g l y.

[@Kzmotivo]

@@ericdiaz6568😂😂😂

[@zeppelinmexicano]

Holiday's steal reminded me a bit of Bird's, just plain heads-up and clutch. That guy is an unsung hero. And how about White's block at the rim? These guys are playing hard on defense and that will carry them far.

[@BarryBlockZay617]

This is what a battle tested team who have suffered uears years of heartbreak look like. These are the type of wins that show Championship pedigree

[@pranavmanie1479]

Trust Jrue Holiday to always come up clutch defensively in the playoffs.

[@LuigiDoti]

From a bucks fan..i love you jrue ..you deserve it

[@masstarvation]

Boston gotta thank Bucks for giving him out

[@Scott6794]

We love the guy here. He's so humble and likeable.

[@tsvetomirkrastev6651]

This series is way closer than people thought it would be. If Indiana knew how to close out games, we'd have at least a 6 games series. The Pacers put up a very good fight, but the lack of playoff experiene costed them two games and this is probably over in the next one, this loss is really tough.

[@segfault_000]

Pacers have just generally been shooting really well but they go cold when it matters most.

[@denbote76]

Waiting to see how EPSN analyst slander Tatum and the rest of the C's even though they win.

[@SapienAnamoly]

The Indiana glaze was crazy. They had so much more emotion in there calls for indy than Boston. Brown had to Skywalk on fools heads to get an excited call

[@elvisatiapah2800]

really can't wait 😂😂😂😂

[@masstarvation]

They will say Tatum just got lucky and they are not battle-tested, but Ant Man is the next Jordan and no one can stop him after shooting 4/17 lol

[@eldendong4956]

cmon man. celtics shooting too many 3's. they need more points in the paint!

[@redman6790]

Tatum with a quiet 30+ pt game. Honestly lets not force his superstardom... he is part of a great time

[@washedupwarvet2027]

Quiet? He had 36 and was playing great basketball all night. Him and Al carried the offense at times. I wouldn’t call it a quiet game at all. He almost had a triple double again.

[@Jimmy-n2e]

Quiet lol he had 36 with 10 boards and 8 assist

[@firstnamelastname1566]

It's now time to start considering Tatum as a greater all-time player than Prime LeBum.

[@gavcurtis2994]

quiet 😂😂

[@masstarvation]

Quiet? But Can't Man scoring 17 points in 4/17 shooting while getting carried by Naz Reid is impressive to you? LMAO You are a clown

[@weynnnn]

I literally don’t get how some NBA coaches won’t call a timeout on crunch time, that turnover by Nembhard lost them the game. this series IS JOEVER!!

[@daddymike57]

Where the Tatum haters at???

[@devinsampy2893]

I know right

[@devinsampy2893]

Where are the haters

[@TheGalwayjoyce]

Miami?

[@matt_eberflus]

in LA - in their 6k a month apartment next to a homeless shelter and with gunshots in the background

[@devinsampy2893]

Tatum is not overrated if he putting up over 30 points and making the all star

[@WillToWinvlog]

what a HUGE game by the two best friends, Tatum and Horford! So many amazing 2 man plays between these two!

[@narrow3601]

I don't even know how you can call this a "choke" on the Pacers' part. They executed beautifully in the 2nd half and was still scorching hot from the field, they still looked extremely lethal on most possessions. I guess it's just one of those days when immense offense isn't enough, which is an extremely rare day to witness in the modern NBA.

[@jimmywhitlow2012]

Too many turnovers, which Boston capitalized on.

[@andrewashford5617]

Or you can be completely blind when they got free vision tests as Stanton optical🤡 it’s a clear foul with 40 seconds left but of course no call and then Boston has a fast break and of course fake foul called. Same bs every game, too predictable now and not impressive. The behind the back to Al for 3, impressive! Giving the loosing team the win everytime they get flat out beat, fccccccn 🗑🗑🗑🗑🗑🗑🗑🗑

[@Ppppppooopooo]

Bruh they literally lost the game in the last minute 💀

[@mrrandiom]

Immense offence still needs good defence which pacers suck at. Thats why Celtics keep coming back

[@LimaJayaSRC]

They blew 18 points lead

[@thouxanbandswavy2087]

Good look by Neismith but it didn’t fall, Holiday had HOF clamps in the clutch 💯

[@mightymorphinetime]

bro had a clean look but decided to make the shot harder by doing a running 3 then falling after to make it look more dramatic when he missed it.. fucjin failure

[@VaanRavi]

@@mightymorphinetimeif that's what you think you clearly have never played basketball

[@Frankincensedjb123]

You don't just win championships you earn them with experience, guts, patience, and heart. That's what the Celtics have learned and earned. Mavs / Celts will be a great final. Oh, BTW, teams down 0-3 are 0-154. Good luck.

[@keeganandersson4281]

As a Boston fan, im really happy with how this series has gone, but realistically, pacers should have been up 2-1 rn if not for costly coaching mistakes

[@Kzmotivo]

Realistically Boston is up 3-0.

[@jimz975]

Jrue is incredible! Jaylen Brown should have a better opportunity at the end. Nevertheless, the Celtics are so confident! They are the champions this year.

[@rivolverocelot3010]

Defensive highlight to end the game was incredible 😊

[@fjo9492]

Just give the Celtics the chip already 🏆

[@Theycalldexter]

💚💚

[@jamespadilla7070]

Hahahahhahah 😂😂😂 funniest shit I've seen all day

[@Kzmotivo]

@@jamespadilla7070Gonna be even funnier once they win..

[@Cnidarian64]

Wish someone one the Celtics gave the choke gesture that would’ve been awesome

[@melmartinez7002]

It might have been awesome, but it would also be out-of-character for this team. This Cs team might sweep IND but if they behave the way they have with prior series they will barely celebrate. They are on a mission and it doesn't stop with IND.

[@procopiomacaspac3087]

The celtics are not that kind of a team.

[@claylyons6447]

Number 1 seed headed to the finals as it should be. Congratulations to the Pacers on a good year and making the playoffs. Hopefully next year is even better.

[@gilbertvalerio5950]

Jrue Holiday is underrated, remember he helped the Milwaukee Bucks for their championship against the Brooklyn Nets because of his defense against Kevin Durant.

[@anasshahid224]

Epic comeback! Celtics on fire 🔥

[@FavreianVengeance]

That crowd was feeling pretty good about their chances all three times the Pacers went up by eight with three minutes or less left. Celtics matched all three times though and stayed within striking distance.

[@LioddieBataanonDechavez]

WHAT A GAME FOR JRU AND AL

[@normanholley5959]

Tatum is very good 👍 and he showed up last night in many ways however he proclaimed his self to be the best player in the nba and sometimes he don’t show up and he don’t have any rings yet to be the best you have to win and show up ⬆️ all the time !!

[@frankie3791]

Tatum averaging @30-10-6-2 His last 7 playoff games!

[@aqdalati]

What a bum

[@aqdalati]

Lebron would've averaged 50 20 18 and 100% from 3 and had his team win by 100. How you can look at tatum and say he is a superstar I dunno

[@HearMeLearn]

@@aqdalati so we just making shit up now huh

[@aqdalati]

@@HearMeLearn my guy it's called sarcasm

[@TimSlawosky]

@@aqdalati HA HA good one. We all know basketball is a TEAM sport. The best TEAM of course is Boston. By far.

[@hoopswithbrown]

y’all can’t say shi abt tatum’s leadership and that superstar status no more

[@xavierb9061]

No butler, 2 games mitchell, now no haliburton

[@hoopswithbrown]

@@xavierb9061okay? how does that translate to tatum’s game. people just find a way to discredit and don’t act like the celtics weren’t going to win even w/ hali playing

[@karlliebknecht2987]

@@xavierb9061 Butler washed, Mitchell ball hog, Haliburton playoff choker

[@xavierb9061]

@@hoopswithbrown no says hes not an allstar. Everyone says what happens when he play curry bron giannis on healthy teams.

[@kimberlygatto5175]

And we've been without our starting center for a month, Xavier.

[@BulletAgario]

Refs did everything to try and give the game to the pacers but THAT SHIT DONT WORK AGAINST US ANYMORE🍀

[@marktrail8624]

Oh is that right? Well how come the refs didn't call that block/reach-in on Holiday? Two free throws not attempted on an obvious call.

[@alexisherrera4687]

@@marktrail8624 If anything, that was a charge on Nemhard

[@thelonewanderer6208]

@@marktrail8624 Totally right. Absolutely home cooking call on White's "flagrant". Enjoy Cancun! Make sure to send some corn or soybeans over, we would love it!

[@Barneusius]

@@marktrail8624 oh boy, you are so butthurt lol... take that L because that was a clean steal and it shows you know nothing about bb

[@marktrail8624]

@@Barneusius .. I'm a Blazer guy and to the other guy, Puerto Vallarta is way better than Cancun

[@GreekSneakCollector]

The most valuable transfer of the Celtics the last decade!

[@kenyasteele298]

I love to see the happiness snatched from the pacers fan faces bring out the broom sweep sweep

[@jeromerusios]

Bucks management is punching in the air right now as they are missing Holiday's defense and impact on the game for both ends of the court particularly on defensive plays, compared to overrated Lillard.

[@BlackBeardPT]

The Celtics want the championship they are doing what is supost to do fight and win

[@andrewroman2929]

This is Celtics year finally !! Calling it now Celts sweet Mavericks in final

[@cacaf8989]

Jrue Holiday with the cultch defense.

[@3fanAI]

Holiday again with a late clutch stop to seal the deal. Very timely.

[@JohnWillamsJR]

Smart is a good player but Jrue is definitely a upgrade. Pacers don't have a closer gave the game to Boston because they get scared when there stars keep hitting big shots at the end of games, just needed one little shot last minute

[@khanhnguyenduc9973]

yeah. i love smart but with him , we might down 1-2 right now

[@mr.javier0115]

Even though the shot didn't go in, that final play from the Pacers was amazing. I haven't seen that one for ages I even forgot what it was called 😅

[@leonaaado6805]

That steal from Jrue reminded me the steal from DBook and went on to win a ring!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@LEGOAT-fh1ve]

NBA just went to the future XD TITLE SAID: 2025, may 25 XD

[@prixalternative4201]

Solid Celtics fan here 👈👈

[@FunGuy02626]

The last play by the Pacers is actually good. It just didn't hit unfortunately

[@erayacares9286]

Boston is full of experience when it comes to game like this. So, peacers is underdog...and they are lack of experience...but they' have the best team play.

[@BR-wj1ym]

Boston about to sweep them and have 9 days off til finals Not a celtics fan but i think this yall year would love to see Al get a ring like how jeff green and jordan got one after being in the league for 10 plus years

[@puppiegod6050]

When deuce goes in the nba he will drop 50,000 points

[@laurencesotelo1629]

the bucks made the mistake for letting jrue go for dame

[@deborahavery9798]

Absolutely! 💯, I was very disgusted with the way the Bucks traded him, and with other moves Bucks made that have destroyed team. You go Jrue, you show them! And I hope Boston gets the🏆

[@gerardoventuraescobar2552]

Gran juego de los Celtic.Se meresen ser los Csmpeones.Vamos Celtic adelante

[@chiefsandwarriorslover1543]

The Pacers stay choking away games lol. I would want to hurt somebody if I were a Pacers fan.

[@fundamentalbear8347]

Especially choking an easy win without their best player.. Celtics are in big trouble against the Mavs or Wolves

[@masstarvation]

go for Carlisle

[@M16-r5s]

Well im from indy and i dont wanna hurt someone. But good games to Boston. They played really well, and now, they are one game away from finishing us off. GG

[@USA-190]

@@fundamentalbear8347 you wanna hit this bro 🚬??

[@TeacherNickoy]

Game/Series Notes I thought jordan was the best playoffs player. • With tonight’s performance, Jayson Tatum has now surpassed 2,500+ PTS, 500+ AST, and 250+ 3PM in his Playoff career. Tatum is the second-fastest player to reach those totals in terms of games played in NBA history. Only Stephen Curry reached those marks in less games: o Stephen Curry (97 games) o Jayson Tatum (107 games) o James Harden (112 games) o Kevin Durant (127 games)

[@ITISKONY]

The Pacers' coach lost this game. How can you be up 6 points and didn't use your timeout. Sometimes I wonder if these coaches know what they are doing.

[@ericradford2142]

The Pacers have nothing to feel ashamed of. They just weren’t ready and they weren’t.

[@twerktospec]

thats shameful!

[@andrewashford5617]

Yeah nobody’s been able to beat these refs yet

[@user-lu9il2qv5s]

​@@andrewashford5617cry me a river

[@jarell1996]

@@andrewashford5617the refs were terrible both ways yall just lost a 18 point lead

[@Ppppppooopooo]

They should be ashamed of blowing an 18 point lead at home.

[@Icriticrandomthings]

Indy fans waiting for Boston to lose just one game to post that "Reggie Miller choke" meme lol

[@sourkrygaming9847]

As a Mavs fan: Congrats to Boston, great win. We had a similar one in game 2 vs Minnesota. Indiana fans: I'm not at all surprised. This is what Carlisle is like. Great coach to design guard oriented offensive schemes, horrible to bring the best out of everyone on defense, or to allow his roster to breathe and calm down. Game 1 and 3 are choke jobs by your coach, not your players.

[@carlosgarcia5780]

Let’s not call a timeout to make a better play for a game winner. Saving them timeouts for next time I guess.

[@fourtime7]

Lovable Jrue.

[@sdmarathe]

Rick Carlisle F'd it up again just like Game 1 by not calling timeout with 10 sec left to advance ball to front court.

[@nazdalaan]

Jrue sleep on the floor get up and contest with position, greatest defensive in ball player.. GOODNESS

[@Forsaken007-gc7oj]

Refs did everything to keep Indiana in these Series Alive... Shame on them!

[@ddpenny]

That was an impressive defensive play Jrue Holiday.

[@mekmaximus6806]

Holiday is a true warrior

[@mekmaximus6806]

Thanks for reminding which is obvious that these are all professional players 👍 It is the way Holiday accomplished his "job" which is to be noticed.

[@rachmadhidayat9996]

Jason & Jaylen are the main men just like Giannis & Kris were for the Bucks but Jrue is why I think the Celts is finally gonna win a Chip just like the Bucks finally won one few years back.

[@williamweber6406]

Porzingis beat the Pacers with his aura.

[@malikomar2337]

“Knocked away and stolen by Holiday” Bucks fans will never forget that call

[@matthewdumas7035]

Another victim added to Jaylen Browns' poster jam roster. Say cheese Miles Turner lol

[@38832]

May 25, 2025?????????? Also Great Game By Both Teams and Congratulations to the Celtics on this win🙏🏾

[@frommatorav1]

That will be a cool calendar date... in a year /smh

[@resurrectedainu6751]

McConnell definitely fouled him 1st. He stepped on Tatum's food while simultaneously shoulder tackling him. Correct call was made...

[@jamesmurray3128]

Great poise by the Celtics. They were tested. As it will help them in the finals.

[@salihbbas]

Anthony Edwards is exhausted at age 22. Al Horford goes 7 3pt shot at age 38. Steve Kerr was right. Anthony Edwards still doesnt have good condition

[@Gumiho-34]

Needs to learn on phasing his game..

[@peoplenevernotice]

MAN I'M FIRED UPPPPP! BANNER 18 CMON!

[@saviodias8136]

Rick is next on the chopping block, next is your last game as pacers coach.

[@paulrichards5002]

How reliable is Derrick White seriously,maybe cause he doesn’t for better words look the part he’s never mentioned how accountable a player he is it’s usually JT,JB etc. he’s playing excellent in this playoff run

[@TACOSHOT]

The fact that Tatum passed to Horford behind the back twice was just to good

[@jwon414]

jrue is so fucking strong going through Siakam like that for the and 1 💪

[@lefterisnydras4860]

Meanwhile Bucks funs(I'm one) still mourning the loss of Jrue.. Great great win for the Celtics, well done!

[@angelatanurdzic7508]

Great win for the Celtics.

[@AlexBleepingJones]

Wow they were able to go a year into the future and film this!

[@patricewilliams2898]

I was sweating this game big time. I had Boston over 113.5 in one bet and also had a first half/full game prop with Pacers/Boston. Won both of them but there were a lot of ways I could have lost both bets.

[@gustavopena5032]

as a bucks fan I'm sick over this trade, never should have traded jhrue rooting for boston now

[@uplayulay]

Jaylen Brown really has no left hand. Its incredible.

[@DanahV]

We got this!!! 💚

[@geraldgabad1373]

Mavericks is the Real Challenge VS Boston.

[@DiosdadoBaniaga]

Nope.. Dallas not even won a single game against Boston this season..so it's a boston year if Dallas able to win the series against the wolves

[@Rblock777]

Celtics problem is that they forget all plays and play iso with Tatum in clutch time, yet JT this season has a lot of missed clutch shots and maybe 1 or 0 made. And if it werent for Jrue this would be another one of thse games

[@Averagedre]

IF “if and butts were candy and nuts then we would all have a merry christmas”

[@natelikes2012]

That Holiday steal is similar to the Draymond steal in 2022!

[@kbayuanggara08]

Now, I know why Celtics was #1 before play-off start

[@lalomalo8052]

This is the Celtic's year to finally win a championship 🏆