Celtics grind to overtime Pacers win in East finals opener

LOS ANGELES — The Boston Celtics needed a late rally to force overtime against the Indiana Pacers before emerging with a 133-128 win in game one of the East ern Conference Finals on Tuesday .Boston's Jaylen Brown sank a three-pointer from the corner with 6.1 seconds remaining to tie the scores at 117-117 and take it to overtime. Then Jayson Tatum made a crucial late three-pointer to push the Celtics to victory and a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.

The Pacers got back into the game and levelled it 64-64 at half-time.A 13-point run in the third put Boston 87-77 up but again Indiana came back and with less than two minutes to go they led 115-100. Costly turnovers Indiana turned the ball over twice in the final 30 seconds of regulation before Brown's crucial three pointer, over the top of Siakam.When Haliburton was unable to get off a last-gasp shot the game went to overtime.

Grind To Overtime Pacers Win In East Finals Opener

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