BOSTON — With everybody and their baby’s momma fighting for playoff position down the stretch of the regular season it was no different in Boston on Friday night. The Celtics got past the Pacers when Kyrie Irving got to the rack with 0.5 seconds on the clock to win it 114-112.
Now that both teams have the same record of 45-31 they are tied for fourth in the East. However, if the playoffs were to start today Boston would have home court advantage because they’ve beaten the Pacers 2-1 this season. They’ve got their final matchup in Indianapolis on Friday and it’s sure to be a battle. There were 10 ties and 6 leads changes in this game alone. So you already know that when they show up in Indy next week it’s going to be a Battle Royale.
Kyrie went to work finishing with 30 points and five assists. Ole boy has scored at least 30 points in six of their last seven games!! That’s NUTS!!!
The big homie Bojan Bogdanovic led the Pacers with 27 points as Thaddeus Young dropped off 18 and 9 rebounds. Myles Turner finished with a solid double-double of 15 points and 11 rebounds.