Indiana Pacers – Boston Celtics · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 29 March 2019

IND112–114BOS

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It was more exciting than 74% of NBA games since 2017

· The win probability swung between the two teams 18 times

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ BOS winsIND wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when BOS leads and falls when IND does.

This is how the game was decided.

Kyrie Irving decided it, the Boston Celtics player with the most points (30, with 2 rebounds and 5 assists; +15 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Jayson Tatum's (+16). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Boston Celtics 114-112 Indiana Pacers (March 29, 2019) was hit by Kyrie Irving: a layup with 0.5 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Boston Celtics up 114-112. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Boston Celtics 114-112 Indiana Pacers (March 29, 2019) was a 10-0 run by the Indiana Pacers in the second quarter (from 10:20 to 9:00), from 27-38 to 37-38. The Boston Celtics' best was a 8-0 run in the second quarter (from 7:54 to 6:59), from 40-41 to 48-41.

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Play: Kyrie Irving makes 2-foot two point shot.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Kyrie Irving decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 0.5 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 9 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Irving decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

29 March 2019 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401071803:649; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2018-19 regular season, not this game.

Indiana Pacers

Thaddeus Young deflected 3.3 passes per game over his 81 games.
He ranks 5 of 380 in the league.
Myles Turner contested 12.1 shots per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 15 of 380 in the league.
Wesley Matthews drew 0.10 charges per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 51 of 380 in the league.

Boston Celtics

Aron Baynes drew 0.37 charges per game over his 49 games.
He ranks 3 of 380 in the league.
Kyrie Irving recovered 1.8 loose balls per game over his 67 games.
He ranks 4 of 380 in the league.
Marcus Smart deflected 2.9 passes per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 14 of 380 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Boston Celtics have won 134 of their 234 games against the Indiana Pacers.

134-100record of the Boston Celtics · NBA 1976-77 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 1976-77 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

18.624

100% of capacity

TD Garden · Boston

Scoring

226

combined points

3.6 above the season average (222.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

22 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors