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Boston knew that they had to come out strong in this one if they wanted to avoid another nail biter that took place in game 1. So in the second quarter Boston came out furiously, playing some bone crushing defense,
not giving anything easy to Indiana while attacking the rim on the other end.
The Celtics went on a 17-0 run to start the 2nd quarter, playing with great energy, not forcing anything, sharing the ball and always looking for the best possible shot.
Jaylen Brown was ultra aggressive in this game, as he used every mismatch he got against smaller guards to bully his way inside, resulting in a bucket or a foul.
At times it looked like the big brother was playing against his little brother.
Just look at this possession, first we got Horford grabbing the offensive rebound after his miss, and then on the 3PT shot by Hauser, Jaylen sneaks in between 3 Pacers for another offensive rebound and the putback layup.
But it was the smothering defense of the Celtics in this time span that really sparked this run, as they forced Indiana to shoot 0 for 8 at the start of the 2nd quarter. (HALI 3KA 7:37 filer)
The Pacers went an entire 6 minutes without scoring a single field goal, with Nesmith finally breaking the drought with this 3 pointer.
With things developing as they did, this had the potential of being a 30 point blowout.
But in a stunning turn of events, the Pacers rebounded from this 6 minute debacle and started making a run of their own towards the end of the half.
Siakam put the Pacers on his back and scored 10 straight points to make this a single digit deficit. And then…
And just like that, it’s only a 6 point game.
So coming out of the break, Indiana continued their attack and with some more Siakam magic, this was a 2 point game in the third quarter.
But then, the worst nightmare came true for Pacers fans.
Haliburton re-injures the same hamstring that bothered him for much of the season, and this is huge not only for this game, but the rest of the series as well.
And meanwhile, Boston uses the opportunity to go on another big run.
The crowd explodes and the lead keeps increasing. The Celtics finish the third quarter up by 13.
And when everyone expected a response by Indiana in the 4th quarter, something completely unexpected happened.
Rick Carlisle took out most of the starters with 8 and a half minutes to go in this game, and never put them back in. There is still a ton of time left for a 13 point deficit, but he basically waived the white flag extremely early.
This might have had something to do with Halliburton's injury, and Carlisle knowing that he probably wouldn’t be able to play in game 3, so he wanted to preserve the rest of his players as much as possible for what’s about to be a do or die matchup back in Indiana.
On rategame, the app that I’m a part of, we rate each game by how good it is, and I gave this one a 6.3. But I agree with Srna, this might be a sweep especially now with Haliburton possibly being out for the rest of the series.
The Celtics secure this win in a relaxed fashion at the end, and now they pretty much have the NBA finals within reach.
On the contrary, the west finals are an absolute bloodbath. And just yesterday we saw what happened to Edwards when he tried to challenge Kyrie and it completely backfired on him.
You gotta check out exactly what happened right here. Talk to you in the next one. Peace out.
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Boston knew that they had to come out strong in this one if they wanted to avoid another nail biter that took place in game 1. So in the second quarter Boston came out furiously, playing some bone crushing defense,
not giving anything easy to Indiana while attacking the rim on the other end.
The Celtics went on a 17-0 run to start the 2nd quarter, playing with great energy, not forcing anything, sharing the ball and always looking for the best possible shot.
Jaylen Brown was ultra aggressive in this game, as he used every mismatch he got against smaller guards to bully his way inside, resulting in a bucket or a foul.
At times it looked like the big brother was playing against his little brother.
Just look at this possession, first we got Horford grabbing the offensive rebound after his miss, and then on the 3PT shot by Hauser, Jaylen sneaks in between 3 Pacers for another offensive rebound and the putback layup.
But it was the smothering defense of the Celtics in this time span that really sparked this run, as they forced Indiana to shoot 0 for 8 at the start of the 2nd quarter. (HALI 3KA 7:37 filer)
The Pacers went an entire 6 minutes without scoring a single field goal, with Nesmith finally breaking the drought with this 3 pointer.
With things developing as they did, this had the potential of being a 30 point blowout.
But in a stunning turn of events, the Pacers rebounded from this 6 minute debacle and started making a run of their own towards the end of the half.
Siakam put the Pacers on his back and scored 10 straight points to make this a single digit deficit. And then…
And just like that, it’s only a 6 point game.
So coming out of the break, Indiana continued their attack and with some more Siakam magic, this was a 2 point game in the third quarter.
But then, the worst nightmare came true for Pacers fans.
Haliburton re-injures the same hamstring that bothered him for much of the season, and this is huge not only for this game, but the rest of the series as well.
And meanwhile, Boston uses the opportunity to go on another big run.
The crowd explodes and the lead keeps increasing. The Celtics finish the third quarter up by 13.
And when everyone expected a response by Indiana in the 4th quarter, something completely unexpected happened.
Rick Carlisle took out most of the starters with 8 and a half minutes to go in this game, and never put them back in. There is still a ton of time left for a 13 point deficit, but he basically waived the white flag extremely early.
This might have had something to do with Halliburton's injury, and Carlisle knowing that he probably wouldn’t be able to play in game 3, so he wanted to preserve the rest of his players as much as possible for what’s about to be a do or die matchup back in Indiana.
On rategame, the app that I’m a part of, we rate each game by how good it is, and I gave this one a 6.3. But I agree with Srna, this might be a sweep especially now with Haliburton possibly being out for the rest of the series.
The Celtics secure this win in a relaxed fashion at the end, and now they pretty much have the NBA finals within reach.
On the contrary, the west finals are an absolute bloodbath. And just yesterday we saw what happened to Edwards when he tried to challenge Kyrie and it completely backfired on him.
You gotta check out exactly what happened right here. Talk to you in the next one. Peace out.
