Brown and Tatum combine for 63 points as Celtics get back on winning track with 128-123 win over Pacers
It was 90's Night at the TD Garden today and the Pacers hung within striking distance throughout the game, but in the end the Celtics prevailed with a 128-123 victory. Jaylen Brown who started the game off with 14 points in the 1st quarter finished with a game high 32, while his partner in Jay's, Tatum, added 31 of his own. This was the eighth time this season that Tatum and Brown each scored at least 30 points in a game. The duo also combined for an impressive 13 assists tonight.
Veteran center Al Horford had a very Al Horford-like game filling up the box score with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists. Tyrese Haliburton led the Pacers in a losing effort with 30 points.
Scal caught up with Jayson Tatum (and Deuce) after the C's win pic.twitter.com/TJE5a12Omv
— Celtics on NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSCeltics) April 2, 2022
With tonight's win the Celtics clinch a top 6 spot in the East. They are currently in 3rd and a half game behind 2nd.
Head coach Ime Udoka wasn't completely thrilled with tonight's Celtics performance:First look at your Saturday morning East...
— Sean Grande (@SeanGrandePBP) April 2, 2022
Updated magic numbers for the Celtics... through April 1
Play-in: 0 (Clinched 3/18)
8-seed: 0 (Clinched 3/23)
Playoffs: 0 (Clinched 3/31)
4-seed: 3 (Chicago/Toronto)
1-seed: 6 (Miami/Milwaukee) pic.twitter.com/gfnC0a636a
Ime Udoka: “Communication wise, that’s three games in a row we haven’t been as sharp as we need to be.”
— Jay King (@ByJayKing) April 2, 2022
The Celtics will host the Washington Wizards on Sunday afternoon at 1pm. It will be Boston's final regular season home game of this season, since the final three games are all on the road.Ime Udoka on his team's recent slippage: "Unless there's some natural complacency after Golden State and Denver and Utah, some of the good teams we played -- we can't have that. Especially this late in the season."
— Mark Murphy (@Murf56) April 2, 2022
