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Celtics Roll Pacers

Jalen Brown scored 34 points, Jayson Tatum added 33 and Schroder finished with 23 as the Boston Celtics rolled past the Indiana Pacers 119-100.

 

Boston snapped a six-game road losing streak while beating Indiana for the second time in three days and the fourth straight time.

 

With Brown, Tatum and Schroder operating at full throttle, the Pacers struggled to get in synch as two starters - Malcolm Brogdon and Caris LeVert - returned after being cleared through the health and safety protocols.

 

That left it up to Myles Turner, who had 18 points and Domantas Sabonis added 17 points, six rebounds and six assists as the Pacers lost their second straight and eighth in nine games.

 

After the opening minutes, the Celtics never really gave the Pacers a chance.

 

Boston quickly took a 10-point lead and kept Indiana at arm's length until the final minutes of the first half, then wasted no time reasserting its dominance in the third quarter. The Celtics scored the first eight points to extend a 54-49 halftime lead to 13 and then made it 68-53 when Schroder made back-to-back 3-pointers.

 

Another 3 from Schroder late in the third made it a 19-point game. Indiana never seriously challenged again.

 

Tatum also had seven rebounds and four assists while Brown added five rebounds and three assists.

 

Marcus Smart missed the game with a bruised right thigh. Payton Pritchard played limited minutes after being cleared through the health and safety protocols.

 

LeVert had 16 points and four assists in 29 minutes. Justin Holiday scored 13. One day after signing a second 10-day contract, Lance Stephenson had six points, five rebounds and six assists.

 

The Pacers host Phoenix on Friday night.

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