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| Fast Break: Celtics 122, Pacers 103 | 03.12.10 at 10:00 pm ET |
After losing by 20 to the Grizzlies on Wednesday, the Celtics bounced back and were up by as many points at halftime over the Pacers en route to a convincing 122-103 victory over the Pacers on Friday at TD Garden. Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 20 points. Roy Hibbert led all players with 23.
The Celtics bench outscored the Pacers reserves, 54-38. They had a 26-12 advantage in the first half alone.
Turning Point: There were seven lead changes in the first quarter before Nate Robinson picked off a bad pass with 45 seconds left and nailed a three. It gave the Celtics a six-point lead that they never surrendered.
Player of the Game: Robinson shot 5-for-6 from behind the arc and finished the game with 15 points. His energy sparked the Celtics late in the first quarter and carried into the second quarter, where they led by as many as 21 points. Robinson scored more points in seven minutes than he had in the past four games combined.
- The Celtics scored 38 points in the second quarter to top their previous season-high of 37, set on December 10 against the Wizards. They tied their season-high in any quarter, having previously scoring 38 points on three other occasions (most recently in the first quarter on February 23 against the Knicks).
- Glen Davis scored 15 points in 20 minutes. He had not scored more than seven points in any of the last three games.
- Gino made an appearance with 2:25 left in the game and the Celtics up 120-99. Kevin Garnett and Rasheed Wallace watched the video together.
- The Celtics won the regular season series with the Pacers, 2-1. They previously won on December 22 (103-94) and lost on November 14 (113-104).
- Over 600 tickets were donated for Seats for Soldiers night at TD Garden. Earlier in the day, the Celtics and OmniPresence hosted a video conference for local families with loved ones stationed in Baghdad, Iraq and Fort McCoy in Wisconsin.
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March 12th, 2010 at 11:42 pm
Finley looked great tonight. Just a solid ballplayer that really is still respected by his competitors. He has the possibility to really be a huge asset to this team. Good to be back on the winning side. After St. Patty’s Day, we go on a brutal stretch-away games vs Dallas, Houston and Utah, then back home for Spurs, Rockets again, OKC, Cavs..the last 2 weeks of March will be a crucial, possibly make or break (mentally at least) period of games for these guys.