Jaylen Brown's game-tying three to force overtime set the stage for Jayson Tatum to guide the Celtics to a Game 1 win over the Pacers to start the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Celtics threw the first punch to start the Eastern Conference Finals, racing to a 12-0 lead to open Game 1.
Maintaining that method resulted in the Celtics assisting on 11/14 field goals in the first quarter and shooting 58.3% from the floor. The hosts faring 3/11 from beyond the arc in the 12 minutes before halftime fed into Indiana's up-tempo attack. Out-of-control closeouts at the other end of the floor made it that much more difficult to disrupt the Pacers' offense and get them out of rhythm.
Brown led Boston with 14 points, Tatum had 11 at the break, and Derrick White had ten on 3/6 shooting. Through the first three quarters, the C's were a +16 in the 29 minutes with Tatum on the floor and -15 in the seven minutes with him on the bench.In a significant swing late in the series opener, after a Derrick White three and forcing a miss by Turner, Tatum lined up an open three that would've put the hosts up by two with 3:28 left, only to see it not find the mark.
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