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Boston Celtics at Indiana Pacers

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Matchup preview

Last season: too early in this one to read much from it

Matchup odds

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Who wins?

BOS

Season leaders, per game

IND
The teams side by side: Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers compared, with league ranks
BOSStatIND
56–26Record19–63
Offense
7.9(better), 4th in the leagueNet rating26th in the league, -7.7
118.1(better), 2nd in the leagueOffensive rating28th in the league, 109.0
97.1, 30th in the leaguePace9th in the league, 102.7
55.3(better), 11th in the leagueeFG%23rd in the league, 53.3
10.5(better), 1st in the leagueTOV%16th in the league, 12.3
29.2(better), 6th in the leagueOREB%29th in the league, 21.7
0.207, 30th in the leagueFT rate20th in the league, 0.252(better)
Defense
110.2(better), 4th in the leagueDefensive rating25th in the league, 116.7
52.3(better), 4th in the leagueOpp. eFG%24th in the league, 55.6
11.0, 26th in the leagueOpp. TOV%22nd in the league, 11.2(better)
75.7(better), 4th in the leagueDREB%15th in the league, 74.1
0.245(better), 6th in the leagueOpp. FT rate24th in the league, 0.282

This season's meetings

They have not met this season.

Injury report

Boston Celtics

Nobody listed.

Indiana Pacers

  • Johnny FurphyOut· back Jan 1
    Report note

    Furphy started in 21 of 35 regular-season appearances for the Pacers, posting averages of 5.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 0.7 three-pointers in 18.4 minutes per contest. While no timetable has been announced, Furphy's absence could extend through the beginning of the 2026-27 season. With this news, the Pacers will likely lean more on Ben Sheppard, Kam Jones and Quenton Jackson moving forward.

    Cost -0.5 per 100
Key players · BOS: Boston Celtics key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Derrick White34.116.54.45.411.2 / 3.2 / 4.05.0
Payton Pritchard32.417.03.95.217.8 / 2.8 / 5.61.8
Paul George30.617.35.33.615.0 / 4.6 / 2.62.4
Neemias Queta25.310.28.41.713.2 / 8.4 / 2.63.9
Sam Hauser24.79.23.81.511.2 / 4.2 / 2.61.5
Key players · IND: Indiana Pacers key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Pascal Siakam33.224.06.63.823.2 / 7.2 / 3.42.1
Kelly Oubre Jr.31.514.15.01.610.0 / 5.6 / 0.8-0.1
Andrew Nembhard31.316.92.87.716.0 / 2.8 / 12.0-0.5
Ivica Zubac30.214.110.62.211.6 / 7.2 / 1.8-0.9
Aaron Nesmith29.613.84.21.915.8 / 3.4 / 1.20.0

Last five games

Boston Celtics: Boston Celtics: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
May 2 vs PHILost 100–109––
Apr 30 @ PHILost 93–106––
Apr 28 vs PHILost 97–113––
Apr 26 @ PHIWon 128–96––
Apr 24 @ PHIWon 108–100––
Indiana Pacers: Indiana Pacers: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
Apr 12 vs DETLost 121–133––
Apr 10 vs PHILost 94–105––
Apr 9 @ BKNWon 123–94––
Apr 7 vs MINLost 104–124––
Apr 5 @ CLELost 108–117––
Eastern Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBL10
1DET6022.732–8-2
2BOS5626.68348-2
3NYK5329.64676-4
4CLE5230.63487-3
12CHI3151.378292-8
13BKN2062.244403-7
14IND1963.232413-7
15WAS1765.207430-10

Matchups by position

What each defense allows per game to guards, forwards and centers, against the league average. Rank 1 allows the most.

BOS attack against IND defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards53.6 (lg 49.8) , 2nd in the league15.2 (lg 13.6) , 2nd in the league14.6 (lg 14.2) , 9th in the league
Forwards38.7 (lg 37.4) , 9th in the league16.6 (lg 15.3) , 5th in the league6.6 (lg 7.0) , 23rd in the league
Centers10.6 (lg 10.7) , 16th in the league7.3 (lg 7.5) , 21st in the league2.0 (lg 1.9) , 9th in the league
IND attack against BOS defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards46.0 (lg 49.8) , 29th in the league13.2 (lg 13.6) , 18th in the league13.7 (lg 14.2) , 19th in the league
Forwards34.4 (lg 37.4) , 28th in the league13.9 (lg 15.3) , 28th in the league6.1 (lg 7.0) , 28th in the league
Centers9.3 (lg 10.7) , 26th in the league6.8 (lg 7.5) , 27th in the league1.4 (lg 1.9) , 28th in the league

The box score appears at tip-off.