On January 9, the NBA regular season ended with a strong matchup in the East, and the Pacers relied on Mathurin's free throws to beat the Celtics at home. Tatum was absent in this game, the Pacers' Haliburton retired due to injury, and the Pacers relied on Mathurin's free throws in the last 0.6 seconds to successfully win the victory, overturn the first place in the league, and successfully avenge the loss to the opponent in the last game.
The course of this game can be described as a twist and turn:
In the first half, Haliburton, the core of the Pacers, returned to the locker room with an injury and left the game with an injury, and the Pacers were once behind by double digits.
In the third quarter, the Pacers broke out, scoring a high score of 44 points in a single quarter, and overtook strongly.
In the final quarter, the Pacers were in the lead for most of the time, and in the final minute, Porzingis' three-pointer gave the Celtics a two-point lead. McConaughey scored the equaliser.
In the final 3.2 seconds, Jaylen Brown caused Mathurin to be fouled, and the Pacers successfully challenged and the ball was converted.
Mathurin's outside shot was fouled by Porzingis, who was full of lovelessness, and Mathurin made two of three free throws with 0.6 seconds left. Cornet lost to the Pacers.
I have to say that the process of this game was too dramatic, Jaylen Brown had a chance to shoot free throws, but it turned out to be a free throw shot by the Pacers, and the Pacers' spirit of not giving up is also touching, even in the case of Haliburton's injury, they still showed their resilience, overturned the first place in the league, and achieved revenge.
The Celtics missed a good game, they once overtook in the final stage, and there were two chances to shoot in a deuce situation, both times all of them were Jaylen Brown shots, one missed, one was fouled but the Pacers challenged successfully, and after the ball was converted, there was a foul by Porzingis in the last moments, which is very regrettable.
In this way, the Pacers will win and achieve revenge, sending the league its eighth game of the first season to defeat, the Pacers are in the second echelon of the East is very competitive, and now their record is 21-15, looking forward to the next performance.