Who won Indiana Pacers vs Boston Celtics?

The Boston Celtics beat the Indiana Pacers 142-105 on December 27, 2024.

Tyrese Haliburton scored 19 for the Indiana Pacers; Jaylen Brown scored 44 for the Boston Celtics.

Indiana Pacers at Boston Celtics

2024-25 · Regular season Fri, Dec 27, 2024 · 7:30 pm EST · All results that day · Indiana Pacers vs Boston Celtics head-to-head · Indiana Pacers schedule · Boston Celtics schedule

Final

Away

Boston Celtics

142

Venue: TD Garden

Schedule source: whynba · Observed Oct 9, 2026, 06:29 UTC.

Game recap

The Boston Celtics beat the Indiana Pacers 142-105 at home on Friday, December 27, 2024 at TD Garden. Jaylen Brown had 44 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists for the Boston Celtics. Tyrese Haliburton had 19 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists for the Indiana Pacers.

The Boston Celtics led 67-45 at halftime and pulled away after the break. Their best stretch was the first quarter, won 39-22. Double-digit figures in two or more categories: Jayson Tatum (double-double, Boston Celtics), Payton Pritchard (double-double, Boston Celtics). Bench points: Indiana Pacers 44, Boston Celtics 50. Jayson Tatum had 22 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists in support for the winners.

Written by the whynba data desk from the licensed final box score and period scores.

Score source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 06:29:18 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won Indiana Pacers vs Boston Celtics?: The Boston Celtics beat the Indiana Pacers 142-105 on December 27, 2024.
Who led the scoring?: Tyrese Haliburton scored 19 for the Indiana Pacers; Jaylen Brown scored 44 for the Boston Celtics.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	Final
Indiana Pacers	22	23	33	27	105
Boston Celtics	39	28	36	39	142

Game leaders

Indiana Pacers

Points: 19 Tyrese Haliburton
Rebounds: 9 Pascal Siakam
Assists: 9 Tyrese Haliburton

Boston Celtics

Points: 44 Jaylen Brown
Rebounds: 13 Jayson Tatum
Assists: 10 Payton Pritchard

Jayson Tatum double-double (22 PTS, 13 REB) · Payton Pritchard double-double (18 PTS, 10 AST)

Indiana Pacers
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Bennedict Mathurin starter	31:55	18	6	2	0	0	1	6-13	1-2	5-6	4	-25
Tyrese Haliburton starter	29:38	19	4	9	0	0	2	6-13	3-8	4-4	0	-27
Pascal Siakam starter	23:49	14	9	1	1	0	1	5-11	3-6	1-2	1	-17
Myles Turner starter	22:51	8	5	0	0	0	3	3-7	1-4	1-2	3	-23
Ben Sheppard starter	19:42	2	2	1	0	0	0	1-7	0-4	0-0	2	-18
Jarace Walker bench	28:25	15	0	5	2	0	1	5-10	1-4	4-6	3	-22
Johnny Furphy bench	23:32	0	4	2	1	1	0	0-6	0-4	0-0	2	-16
T.J. McConnell bench	19:38	8	0	4	0	0	2	4-11	0-2	0-0	0	-13
Thomas Bryant bench	18:47	12	7	0	1	1	2	5-7	2-4	0-0	0	-11
Quenton Jackson bench	8:59	3	0	3	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	3-4	3	-7
James Johnson bench	6:22	4	0	0	0	1	0	2-3	0-0	0-1	2	-3
Enrique Freeman bench	6:22	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	-3

Not available: Andrew Nembhard, Isaiah Jackson, Aaron Nesmith, Obi Toppin, James Wiseman

Boston Celtics
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Jaylen Brown starter	37:15	44	5	3	4	0	1	16-24	6-11	6-6	0	+30
Jayson Tatum starter	31:39	22	13	4	3	0	1	7-15	3-10	5-6	2	+21
Derrick White starter	29:57	9	3	6	0	2	2	3-8	3-8	0-0	1	+24
Al Horford starter	20:00	13	5	2	0	1	2	4-8	3-6	2-2	0	+23
Sam Hauser starter	19:30	4	2	2	0	0	0	2-8	0-5	0-0	1	+12
Payton Pritchard bench	31:37	18	8	10	1	1	0	7-16	4-11	0-0	5	+25
Jordan Walsh bench	20:56	9	5	2	0	1	1	2-3	2-3	3-4	2	+16
Luke Kornet bench	18:47	3	5	1	1	0	1	1-2	0-0	1-2	1	+11
Neemias Queta bench	9:13	6	2	0	0	1	1	2-3	0-0	2-3	2	+3
Drew Peterson bench	8:23	3	2	1	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	3	+9
Jaden Springer bench	7:43	6	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	6-6	2	+9
Xavier Tillman bench	5:00	5	1	0	0	0	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	0	+2

Not available: Kristaps Porziņģis

Team statistics
Indiana Pacers	Stat	Boston Celtics
18/25 (72%)	Free throws	25/29 (86%)
27/52 (51%)	2 pointers	24/35 (68%)
11/39 (28%)	3 pointers	23/57 (40%)
38/91 (41%)	Field goals	47/92 (51%)
39	Rebounds	52
26	Defensive rebounds	34
13	Offensive rebounds	18
27	Assists	31
12	Turnovers	10
5	Steals	9
3	Blocks	6
20	Fouls	19
7	Max points in a row	13
0:00	Time spent in lead	46:21
0	Biggest lead	38

Scoring margin by minute (above the line: Boston Celtics ahead)

Largest margin: 38 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 0
Times tied: 1
Largest lead · Indiana Pacers: Never led
Largest lead · Boston Celtics: 38 Q4 3:43
Longest run: 13-0 Boston Celtics · Q2 4:02 to Q2 1:53

Scoring plays

Q1 · 28 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
10:45	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	0	2
10:45	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum Free throw	0	3
10:07	Indiana Pacers	Pascal Siakam 2-pt field goal	2	3
9:44	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	2	6
9:27	Indiana Pacers	Bennedict Mathurin 2-pt field goal	4	6
9:05	Boston Celtics	Al Horford 2-pt field goal	4	8
8:40	Indiana Pacers	Bennedict Mathurin 3-pt field goal	7	8
7:12	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 3-pt field goal	7	11
6:54	Indiana Pacers	Tyrese Haliburton 2-pt field goal	9	11
6:23	Indiana Pacers	Myles Turner 2-pt field goal	11	11
5:59	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	11	13
5:36	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 3-pt field goal	11	16
5:19	Indiana Pacers	Bennedict Mathurin 2-pt field goal	13	16
5:06	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	13	18
4:16	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	13	21
3:46	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 3-pt field goal	13	24
3:24	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	13	26
3:06	Indiana Pacers	T.J. McConnell 2-pt field goal	15	26
2:49	Boston Celtics	Jordan Walsh 3-pt field goal	15	29
2:35	Indiana Pacers	T.J. McConnell 2-pt field goal	17	29
2:21	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 3-pt field goal	17	32
2:09	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	17	34
1:40	Indiana Pacers	Pascal Siakam 3-pt field goal	20	34
1:24	Boston Celtics	Jordan Walsh Free throw	20	35
1:24	Boston Celtics	Jordan Walsh Free throw	20	36
0:56	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	20	38
0:28	Indiana Pacers	Jarace Walker 2-pt field goal	22	38
0:03	Boston Celtics	Luke Kornet Free throw	22	39

Q2 · 21 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
10:59	Indiana Pacers	Thomas Bryant 3-pt field goal	25	39
9:13	Boston Celtics	Sam Hauser 2-pt field goal	25	41
8:53	Indiana Pacers	Pascal Siakam 2-pt field goal	27	41
8:39	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 3-pt field goal	27	44
7:47	Indiana Pacers	Thomas Bryant 2-pt field goal	29	44
7:23	Boston Celtics	Sam Hauser 2-pt field goal	29	46
6:46	Indiana Pacers	Ben Sheppard 2-pt field goal	31	46
6:21	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	31	48
6:12	Indiana Pacers	Tyrese Haliburton 3-pt field goal	34	48
6:03	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	34	50
5:50	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	34	52
5:10	Indiana Pacers	Tyrese Haliburton 3-pt field goal	37	52
4:02	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	37	54
3:38	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 3-pt field goal	37	57
3:01	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 2-pt field goal	37	59
2:36	Boston Celtics	Al Horford 3-pt field goal	37	62
1:53	Boston Celtics	Al Horford 3-pt field goal	37	65
1:37	Indiana Pacers	Tyrese Haliburton 2-pt field goal	39	65
0:38	Indiana Pacers	Pascal Siakam 3-pt field goal	42	65
0:24	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 2-pt field goal	42	67
0:07	Indiana Pacers	Pascal Siakam 3-pt field goal	45	67

Q3 · 39 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
11:34	Indiana Pacers	Pascal Siakam Free throw	46	67
11:21	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	46	69
11:21	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum Free throw	46	70
10:21	Indiana Pacers	Myles Turner Free throw	47	70
9:33	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 3-pt field goal	47	73
9:20	Indiana Pacers	Bennedict Mathurin 2-pt field goal	49	73
9:03	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 3-pt field goal	49	76
8:51	Indiana Pacers	Tyrese Haliburton 2-pt field goal	51	76
8:33	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown Free throw	51	77
8:33	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown Free throw	51	78
8:23	Indiana Pacers	Myles Turner 3-pt field goal	54	78
7:46	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum Free throw	54	79
7:46	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum Free throw	54	80
7:26	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	54	82
6:54	Indiana Pacers	Tyrese Haliburton 3-pt field goal	57	82
6:31	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 3-pt field goal	57	85
6:08	Boston Celtics	Al Horford Free throw	57	86
6:08	Boston Celtics	Al Horford Free throw	57	87
5:50	Indiana Pacers	Myles Turner 2-pt field goal	59	87
5:33	Boston Celtics	Al Horford 3-pt field goal	59	90
4:55	Indiana Pacers	Jarace Walker 2-pt field goal	61	90
4:42	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum Free throw	61	91
4:30	Boston Celtics	Jordan Walsh Free throw	61	92
4:24	Indiana Pacers	Tyrese Haliburton Free throw	62	92
4:24	Indiana Pacers	Tyrese Haliburton Free throw	63	92
4:10	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 3-pt field goal	63	95
3:57	Indiana Pacers	Bennedict Mathurin 2-pt field goal	65	95
3:19	Indiana Pacers	Bennedict Mathurin Free throw	66	95
3:19	Indiana Pacers	Bennedict Mathurin Free throw	67	95
2:03	Indiana Pacers	Thomas Bryant 3-pt field goal	70	95
1:54	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown Free throw	70	96
1:54	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown Free throw	70	97
1:40	Indiana Pacers	T.J. McConnell 2-pt field goal	72	97
1:24	Indiana Pacers	Jarace Walker 2-pt field goal	74	97
1:10	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 3-pt field goal	74	100
0:54	Indiana Pacers	Thomas Bryant 2-pt field goal	76	100
0:11	Boston Celtics	Jordan Walsh 3-pt field goal	76	103
0:03	Indiana Pacers	Tyrese Haliburton Free throw	77	103
0:03	Indiana Pacers	Tyrese Haliburton Free throw	78	103

Q4 · 40 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
11:44	Indiana Pacers	T.J. McConnell 2-pt field goal	80	103
11:25	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 3-pt field goal	80	106
11:03	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	80	108
10:38	Indiana Pacers	Thomas Bryant 2-pt field goal	82	108
10:02	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown Free throw	82	109
10:02	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown Free throw	82	110
9:30	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	82	112
8:53	Indiana Pacers	Bennedict Mathurin Free throw	83	112
8:53	Indiana Pacers	Bennedict Mathurin Free throw	84	112
8:16	Indiana Pacers	Bennedict Mathurin 2-pt field goal	86	112
8:00	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	86	115
7:41	Indiana Pacers	Bennedict Mathurin Free throw	87	115
7:23	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 3-pt field goal	87	118
7:11	Indiana Pacers	Jarace Walker Free throw	88	118
6:55	Boston Celtics	Luke Kornet 2-pt field goal	88	120
6:31	Boston Celtics	Drew Peterson 3-pt field goal	88	123
6:22	Indiana Pacers	Jarace Walker Free throw	89	123
6:12	Indiana Pacers	Quenton Jackson Free throw	90	123
5:53	Boston Celtics	Neemias Queta 2-pt field goal	90	125
5:08	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 2-pt field goal	90	127
5:00	Indiana Pacers	Quenton Jackson Free throw	91	127
5:00	Indiana Pacers	Quenton Jackson Free throw	92	127
4:38	Boston Celtics	Xavier Tillman 2-pt field goal	92	129
4:28	Indiana Pacers	Jarace Walker 3-pt field goal	95	129
4:11	Boston Celtics	Neemias Queta 2-pt field goal	95	131
3:43	Boston Celtics	Neemias Queta Free throw	95	132
3:43	Boston Celtics	Neemias Queta Free throw	95	133
3:34	Indiana Pacers	James Johnson 2-pt field goal	97	133
3:10	Boston Celtics	Jaden Springer Free throw	97	134
3:10	Boston Celtics	Jaden Springer Free throw	97	135
3:02	Indiana Pacers	James Johnson 2-pt field goal	99	135
2:52	Boston Celtics	Jaden Springer Free throw	99	136
2:52	Boston Celtics	Jaden Springer Free throw	99	137
2:33	Indiana Pacers	Jarace Walker 2-pt field goal	101	137
2:10	Boston Celtics	Jaden Springer Free throw	101	138
2:10	Boston Celtics	Jaden Springer Free throw	101	139
1:57	Indiana Pacers	Jarace Walker Free throw	102	139
1:57	Indiana Pacers	Jarace Walker Free throw	103	139
1:24	Indiana Pacers	Enrique Freeman 2-pt field goal	105	139
1:03	Boston Celtics	Xavier Tillman 3-pt field goal	105	142

2024-25 season series

After this game: tied 1-1. Final series: Indiana Pacers 2-1.

Oct 30: Boston Celtics 132 at Indiana Pacers 135
Dec 27: Indiana Pacers 105 at Boston Celtics 142 (this game)
Dec 29: Indiana Pacers 123 at Boston Celtics 114

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Boston Celtics 142-105 Indiana Pacers — Full Highlights (YouTube)

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