Boston Celtics – Indiana Pacers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 30 October 2024

BOS132–135IND

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 80% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 29 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.

↑ IND winsBOS wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Bennedict Mathurin decided it, the Indiana Pacers player with the most points (30, with 11 rebounds and 4 assists; +3 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Aaron Nesmith's (+10). 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 Indiana Pacers 135-132 Boston Celtics (October 30, 2024) was hit by Pascal Siakam: a three-pointer with 7.1 s left in overtime, putting the Indiana Pacers up 135-132. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Indiana Pacers 135-132 Boston Celtics (October 30, 2024) was a 13-0 run by the Indiana Pacers in the third quarter (from 8:19 to 4:47), from 79-68 to 92-68. The Boston Celtics' best was a 11-0 run in the fourth quarter (from 2:24 to 34.1 s), from 110-122 to 121-122.

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Play: Pascal Siakam makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyrese Haliburton assists).

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.

Pascal Siakam decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 7.1 seconds left in overtime 1, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 4 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Siakam 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.

30 October 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401704685:800; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · BOS

Brown · Tatum · White · Pritchard · Hauser

Closing lineup · IND

Haliburton · Siakam · Mathurin · Toppin · Sheppard

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BOS

Jaylen Brown

43′ · -13

Jayson Tatum

43′ · -7

Derrick White

37′ · -7

Jrue Holiday

25′ · -19

Al Horford

19′ · -12

Payton Pritchard

39′ · +8

Luke Kornet

16′ · -3

Sam Hauser

14′ · +12

Jordan Walsh

8′ · +6

Xavier Tillman

8′ · +2

Neemias Queta

14′ · +18

IND

Tyrese Haliburton

40′ · +9

Pascal Siakam

38′ · +5

Aaron Nesmith

30′ · +10

Isaiah Jackson

25′ · +8

Andrew Nembhard

5′ · +3

Bennedict Mathurin

43′ · +3

Obi Toppin

33′ · -12

T.J. McConnell

22′ · -7

Jarace Walker

8′ · -1

Ben Sheppard

21′ · -3

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. BOS and IND.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Boston Celtics

Brown, Tatum, White, Horford, and Holiday played 13.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Brown, Tatum, White, Queta, and Pritchard played 10.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 10 points.
Tatum, Kornet, Pritchard, Hauser, and Holiday played 4.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

Indiana Pacers

Siakam, Haliburton, Nesmith, Jackson, and Mathurin played 7.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Siakam, Toppin, Haliburton, Mathurin, and McConnell played 5.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Siakam, Nembhard, Haliburton, Nesmith, and Jackson played 5.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

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Boston Celtics

Brown, White, Pritchard, Hauser, and Horford played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Brown, Queta, Pritchard, Tillman, and Walsh played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Tatum, White, Kornet, Pritchard, and Hauser played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Brown, Tatum, White, Kornet, and Pritchard played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Brown, Tatum, Pritchard, Tillman, and Holiday played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Brown, Tatum, Kornet, Pritchard, and Holiday played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Brown, White, Pritchard, Walsh, and Horford played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Tatum, Kornet, Pritchard, Hauser, and Walsh played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Brown, Tatum, White, Tillman, and Holiday played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

Indiana Pacers

Siakam, Toppin, Haliburton, Nesmith, and Sheppard played 4.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Siakam, Toppin, Mathurin, Sheppard, and McConnell played 4.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Siakam, Nesmith, Jackson, Mathurin, and McConnell played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Siakam, Toppin, Haliburton, Mathurin, and Sheppard played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Toppin, Haliburton, Jackson, Mathurin, and Sheppard played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Toppin, Haliburton, Mathurin, Walker, and McConnell played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Toppin, Haliburton, Nesmith, Mathurin, and Walker played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Siakam, Toppin, Nesmith, Mathurin, and McConnell played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Siakam, Toppin, Haliburton, Nesmith, and Mathurin played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Toppin, Haliburton, Mathurin, Walker, and Sheppard played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Toppin, Haliburton, Nesmith, Jackson, and Mathurin played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Nesmith, Jackson, Mathurin, Sheppard, and McConnell played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Haliburton, Jackson, Mathurin, Walker, and Sheppard played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Tyrese Haliburton covered 4.71 km, more than anyone in the game.

Tyrese Haliburton touched the ball 103 times, a game high.
Tyrese Haliburton made 98 passes, a game high.
Isaiah Jackson defended 8 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 4.

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Boston Celtics

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Jaylen Brown	4.55	6.5	63	38
Payton Pritchard	4.44	7.1	61	45
Jayson Tatum	4.30	6.1	84	66
Derrick White	4.14	6.9	62	59
Jrue Holiday	3.02	7.5	43	32
Al Horford	2.17	6.8	34	29
Luke Kornet	1.82	7.1	22	15
Sam Hauser	1.77	7.9	20	19
Neemias Queta	1.42	6.4	18	13
Jordan Walsh	0.95	7.1	6	6
Xavier Tillman	0.90	7.1	6	4

Indiana Pacers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Tyrese Haliburton	4.71	7.2	103	98
Bennedict Mathurin	4.68	6.7	76	49
Pascal Siakam	3.94	6.5	65	42
Obi Toppin	3.86	7.2	52	37
Aaron Nesmith	3.62	7.3	36

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2024-25 regular season, not this game.

Boston Celtics

Jaylen Brown recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 19 of 388 in the league.
Luke Kornet defended 4.5 shots at the rim per game over his 71 games, and opponents made 12 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 8 of 138 in the league.
Derrick White drew 0.12 charges per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 30 of 388 in the league.

Indiana Pacers

Aaron Nesmith drew 0.16 charges per game over his 45 games.
He ranks 16 of 388 in the league.
Pascal Siakam recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 78 games.
He ranks 19 of 388 in the league.
Tyrese Haliburton deflected 2.9 passes per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 24 of 388 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 Indiana Pacers have won 100 of their 234 games against the Boston Celtics.

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Game context

Attendance

17.274

96.4% of capacity

Gainbridge Fieldhouse · Indianapolis

Scoring

267

combined points

39.3 above the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

38 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Loose Ball · 01:08.9

Jaylen Brown → Bennedict Mathurin

Brown (BOS) wraps his arm around Mathurin's (IND) leg and pulls him, affecting his ability to pursue the loose ball.

Turnover: Traveling · 01:59.0

Pascal Siakam → Celtics

White (BOS) reaches in and initiates illegal contact to Siakam's (IND) wrist, causing him to slide his pivot foot. A foul should have been called on White instead of a traveling violation.