1:08 pm
April 21

Celtics @ Pacers

Who will WIN this matchup?

Boston Celtics

@ Indiana Pacers

 

Current odds:

Boston Celtics: (-150)

Indiana Pacers : (+130)

 

• The spread for the game is Boston by 3 points.

• Irving finished Game 3 with 19 points, 10 assists, five rebounds and just two turnovers in 37 dominant minutes, and he’s averaging 25.3 points and eight assists in the series. “It’s extremely helpful,” forward Jayson Tatum told reporters of playing with Irving when he’s at his best. “He can get his own shot whenever he wants to. When they blitzed him he’s been great at making the right pass in this game and the last one.” Tatum is averaging 19.7 points while shooting 53.2 percent from the floor — including 7-of-12 from long range — in the series.

• No team in NBA history has ever won a series after falling behind 3-0, and Indiana is just about reduced to playing for pride at this point. “The silver lining is that we’ve been in every single game,” point guard Darren Collison told reporters. “All it takes is one win. Definitely ain’t going to be no quit in us. I know it sounds foolish outside looking in, being down 3-0, but in this locker room there’s definitely not going to be no quit.” Evans is 8-for-13 from 3-point range in the series but his teammates are a combined 22-for-78.

• Boston has a 148-118 rebounding advantage through the first three games.

5/10
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