Pacers (26-20) at Celtics (36-11) Game #48 1/30/24

[Silas]

Jays did it again...JB with no turnovers helped.

[liam]

Nobody wants to play the Pacers in the playoffs.  Their defense needs a lot of work, but Haliburton is scary.  They can steal games with their offensive prowess.

I will be interested to see how their game plays in the playoffs. It's much harder to outwork teams in the playoffs.

[celticinorlando]

Nesmith was such a lazy bum in Boston. Was just a liability

He was never lazy. He was frantic, but he was never lazy.

TP. Thank you... What a lazy take.

It's a wild concept, but maybe players need to be allowed to play through mistakes in actual games to improve. Nuts. Bonkers. Insane... But true.

You don’t say! Holy moly what a concept. He just made no strides in Boston.

So basically he needed to be on a marginal team to grow. Couldn’t do that in Boston when they desperately needed someone off the bench to help.

You have to put some of it on Nesmith.

[Silas]

TPs for a hard fought win....roller coaster.

[hpantazo]

Lakers lose tonight too, so a double win for Celtics fans!

[Silas]

You don't have to be perfect and blow out every team...you need to win.

[CelticSooner]

If these two do happen to face off in the playoffs the slower the better. Gotta make these guys execute in the half court because they run off every missed shot and or turnover.

[Roy H.]

Weird game, but good win.

I don't want Indy in the playoffs.

[Neurotic Guy]

Lakers lose tonight too, so a double win for Celtics fans!

Yes!

Every time I hear Porzingis interviewed I’m impressed with his grasp of the language. His vocabulary is amazing and his grasp of colloquial English is also impressive.

[Neurotic Guy]

Weird game, but good win.

I don't want Indy in the playoffs.

Agreed. Dangerous.

[Atzar]

Weird game, but good win.

I don't want Indy in the playoffs.

Nor do I.  Have to imagine the Bucks are even more afraid of them. 

[radiohead]

Major props to Q as well. He came up with huge plays down the stretch. That dunk off the jump ball was amazing!

[RJ87]

Nesmith was such a lazy bum in Boston. Was just a liability

He was never lazy. He was frantic, but he was never lazy.

TP. Thank you... What a lazy take.

It's a wild concept, but maybe players need to be allowed to play through mistakes in actual games to improve. Nuts. Bonkers. Insane... But true.

You don’t say! Holy moly what a concept. He just made no strides in Boston.

So basically he needed to be on a marginal team to grow. Couldn’t do that in Boston when they desperately needed someone off the bench to help.

You have to put some of it on Nesmith.

His minutes more than doubled once he got to Indy (from 11 mins/gm in his last season here to almost 25 his first season in Indy). He didn't get a real chance here, now he's getting it somewhere else and making good. Sucks for us because he could give us what we get from Hauser and Oshae combined.

EDIT: He's also already played more games for Indy than he did for us. And started far more.

[footey]

Wish we had gotten inside to Porzingis more in the 4th like Houston game. Foul trouble precluded that?

[cman88]

if i'm one of the top east teams I don't want to see Indy. they could upset some teams.

especially Milwaukee....I think indy beat them every time pretty much. their only loss GIannis had to put up 63