The Boston Celtics four-game winning streak was snapped in the final seconds of a road loss to the Indiana Pacers. We grade the players’ performances.
The Boston Celtics opened up a five-game road trip with a last-second 102-101 loss to the Indiana Pacers Saturday night.
Kyrie Irving‘s clutch three-pointers weren’t enough to offset Victor Oladipo‘s fourth quarter heroics and and Irving’s missed layup late left the door open for the Pacers to push through for the win.
Despite drilling 19 three-pointers on the game, the Celtics only managed to score 101 points and post an offensive rating of 104.6, right around their season average, which ranks 27th out of 30 teams.
After a hardworking home takedown of the previously unbeaten Bucks, Boston lacked an edge to their play most of Saturday night, which Indiana made them pay for.
Here are the individual player grades for the Boston Celtics.
Among other Boston bench players, Marcus Smart stood out as he delivered a team-high 9 dimes and was Celtics-best plus-12 for the game. Smart also did a great job harassing Oladipo and quarterbacking the defense when he was in the game.
Boston will look to bounce back from the loss Monday evening in Denver, when they face off with the 8-1 Nuggets, playing as well as any team in the league.