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Celtics at Pacers · Fri, Dec 26 · Regular season

Boston beat Indiana, 140⁠-⁠122. Here is how the win chance moved.

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Final · DEC 26
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Above the middle line the home team is favored, below it the road team. How this works

01Box score

Updated 1:12 PM ET

Boston Celtics

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVFG3PFT+/-
Payton Pritchard G38299510310-173-86-8+8
Derrick White G3321562126-153-76-7+16
Jaylen Brown G32303440413-202-32-2+19
Luka Garza C2715420005-51-14-6+26
Anfernee Simons G218310022-72-62-3+7
Neemias Queta C218731202-40-04-6-3
Baylor Scheierman G203510001-41-40-0+18
Jordan Walsh G193230001-21-10-0-5
Sam Hauser F1723400017-87-82-2+17
Hugo González G120110000-10-10-0-13
Team1404326831247-8320-3926-34

Indiana Pacers

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVFG3PFT+/-
Andrew Nembhard G-F3018482057-134-70-0-17
Bennedict Mathurin G-F3013441015-131-52-2-13
Pascal Siakam F2811612024-130-33-6-10
Ethan Thompson G2611460024-93-70-0-8
Jay Huff F-C219420213-81-62-2-2
Micah Potter F189100102-21-14-4-7
Jarace Walker F1812320004-94-70-0-19
Johnny Furphy G189200013-52-41-2-5
Quenton Jackson G166310002-50-12-2+3
T.J. McConnell G1413131015-61-12-2-18
Taelon Peter G73100001-21-20-0+6
Kam Jones G74020002-20-00-0+6
Tony Bradley C74200012-20-00-0-6
Team1223529631444-8918-4416-20

02Top performers

Pre-game matchup: edges and tale of the tape

03Where the edges are

2025-26 so far

Celtics edges

  • On defenseBoston's defense cleans the defensive glass (4th) against an Indiana offense that rarely gets second chances (29th).
  • On defenseBoston's defense contests every shot (4th) against an Indiana offense that struggles to shoot (23rd).

Pacers edges

No clear mismatch in Indiana's favor.

An edge is where one team ranks top 5 on a four-factor battle and the other ranks bottom 8. How edges work

04Tale of the tape

2025-26 so far
BOSRankStatRankIND
121.72ndOffensive rating28th111.7
113.54thDefensive rating24th119.6
+8.23rdNet rating26th-7.9
94.230thPace8th100.3
55.311thEffective FG %23rd53.3
10.51stTurnover %16th12.3
29.26thOffensive rebound %29th21.7
16.729thFree throw rate22nd19.6
52.34thOpponent eFG %24th55.6
11.026thForced turnover %22nd11.2
75.74thDefensive rebound %15th74.1
18.95thOpponent FT rate23rd21.8